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The pulse of time : Galileo Galilei, the determination of longitude, and the pendulum clock / Silvio A. Bedini.

xiv, 132 p., [36] p. of plates :, 24 cm.

QB225 .B43 1991

Galilei, Galileo, -- 1564-1642., Clocks and watches -- History., Time measurements -- History., Pendulum -- History., Longitude -- Measurement -- History.

Firenze :: L.S. Olschki, 1991.

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