The Trail of Time
Subtitle: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780521021630
Subjects: Clocks & chronometers; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; World - General; History: World; History; Technology & Industrial Arts; East Asia, Far East; Asia - General; Technical & Manufacturing Trades; Clocks and watches--East Asia--History; History / World; History-Asia - General; History-World - General; Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Far East
First sentence: The measurement of time has preoccupied mankind from its earliest civilizations in all parts of the world, although not always for the same purpose or to the same degree.