Michael Korey: Game-Changers in Brass? Astronomy, Power, and the Material Culture of Renaissance Planetary Clocks from only machines survive Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 19 min 45 sec ✓ Published: 03-Jan-2024
Description: Planetary clocks or astraria were rare masterpieces of technical ingenuity and astronomical learning. Though numerous tower and table clocks with astronomical indications survive from the early modern era, we single out as ‘planetary clocks’ those few designed to emulate the non-uniform motion of the planets according to received Ptolemaic theory. Such clocks were the preserve of high clergy, princes, and emperors, and notice of about a dozen of them has reached us, along with tantalizing hi
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