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Book Title
The Trail of Time
ISBN
9780521021630
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia
Item Height
247 mm
Author
Silvio A. Bedini
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Subject
Engineering & Technology, History
Item Weight
667 g
Item Width
189 mm
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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This book is a scholarly study of a virtually unknown aspect of the history of horology (timekeeping), compiled from Chinese and Japanese historical and literary records, some of which are translated and published here for the first time. Incense timekeepers played an important role in early Chinese social and technological history, in addition to their use for time measurement. They were used in temples for religious rites, in agricultural regions for regulating water for irrigation, in palaces and government offices, and in the studies of scholars. A fascinating compendium of knowledge about a neglected aspect of Oriental culture, this book will appeal not only to historians of China and Japan, but to the growing number of collectors and museum curators who are interested in incense clocks.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521021630
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
368 Pages
Publication Name
The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Author
Silvio A. Bedini
Format
Paperback

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Item Height
247 mm
Item Weight
667 g
Item Width
189 mm

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Silvio A. Bedini

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