The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia

by Silvio A. Bedini

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021634
• ISBN13: 9780521021630
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.7"