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Title The Hall of Heavenly Records : Korean astronomical instruments and clocks, 1380-1780 / Joseph Needham ... [and others]
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Description xxii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Series Monograph / Antiquarian Horological Society ; no. 25
Monograph (Antiquarian Horological Society) ; no. 25
Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Note on romanisation -- Introduction and acknowledgements -- 1. Theoretical and historical background -- 2. The re-equipping of the Royal Observatory under King Sejong -- 3. From Munjong to Yongjo (1450-1776) -- 4. The armillary clock of Song Iyong and Yi Minch'ol (1669) -- 5. A Korean astronomical screen of the eighteenth century -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Select bibliography -- Index
Analysis Korean astronomical instruments 1380-1780
Notes Includes index
Title on added t.p.: Chʻao-hsien "Shu yün kuan" Tʻien wen i chʻi yü chi shih chi (Chosŏn "Sŏunʼgwan" chʻŏnmun ŭigi yŏ kyesigi)
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 183-191
Notes Includes translations from the Korean
Subject Astronomical clocks -- Korea -- History.
Astronomical clocks -- Korea -- Sfoun.gwan -- History
Astronomical clocks -- Korea -- Soungwan -- History
Astronomical clocks -- Korea -- Sŏun\U+02be\gwan -- History
Astronomical clocks -- Korea -- Sŏunʼgwan -- History
Astronomical instruments -- Korea -- History.
Astronomical instruments -- Korea -- Sfoun.gwan -- History
Astronomical instruments -- Korea -- Soungwan -- History
Astronomical instruments -- Korea -- Sŏun\U+02be\gwan -- History
Astronomical instruments -- Korea -- Sŏunʼgwan -- History
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Korea -- History.
Author Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.
LC no. 86224537
ISBN 0521303680
Other Titles Chʻao-hsien "Shu yün kuan" Tʻien wen i chʻi yü chi shih chi
Chosŏn "Sŏunʼgwan" chʻŏnmun ŭigi yŏ kyesigi
Chʻao-hsien "Shu yün kuan" Tʻien wen i chʻi yü chi shih chi