The Scent Of Time A Study Of The Use Of Fire And Incense For Time Measurement In Oriental Countries

by Silvio A Bedini

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1963. 4to, pp. 51, 1 ; 45 figures in the text; glossary; fine in original printed brown paper wrappers. An early work by Bedini 1917-2007 , the American historian specializing in early scientific instruments. He was Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution, where he served on the professional staff for twenty-five years, retiring in 1987. Following his retirement he served as Keeper of Rare Books at the

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