HIST115 Study Guide - Final Guide: Longitude Rewards, Astrarium, Su Song
5 Dec 2018
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Lecture 7 mechanical universe: mechanical clock, chronometer. Before the mechanical clock: candle clocks originated in china. Abdul-abbas clock (800ad: the water clock was made in the east and shipped to the west. Archimedes first made this clock: abul-abbas is the elephant carrying the clock, it is white and not black. Su song clock (china, 1094 ad: the clock was a mechanical computer that could show time, movement of the planets, and contains an escapement mechanism, also inspired by archimedes. Giovanni de"dondi"s astrarium (c. 1364: mechanical representation of the cyclical nature of astronomical objects in one timepiece. It was an astronomical clock that showed the motion of all known planets and calendars; the planets were portrayed as gears: this would have an enormous impact on how people saw the world and the universe. It was very important during the renaissance: there was a crucial missing component recognized by the people of the medieval period.
