@article{866390,
      recid = {866390},
      author = {Desborough, Jane,},
      title = {The changing face of early modern time, 1550-1770 /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book provides a reinterpretation of early modern  clock and watch dials on the basis of use. Between 1550 and  the emergence of a standard format in 1770, dials  represented combinations of calendrical, lunar and  astronomical information using multiple concentric rings,  subsidiary dials and apertures. Change was gradual, but  significant. Over the course of eight chapters and with  reference to thirty-five exceptional images, this book  unlocks the meaning embedded within these early  combinations. The true significance of dial change can only  be fully understood by comparing dials with printed paper  sources such as almanacs, diagrams and craft pamphlets.  Clock and watch makers drew on traditional communication  methods, utilised different formats to generate trust in  their work, and tried to be help users in different  contexts. The calendar, lunar and astronomical functions  were useful as a memory prompt for astrology up until the  mid-late seventeenth century.  After the decline of this  practice, the three functions continued to be useful for  other purposes, but eventually declined.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866390},
}