Cover illustrations: Projector clock by Giuseppe Campani, most probably made for Cardinal Flavio Chigi around 1670, Private collectionâex Bedini collection (Also included as Figure 112); Detail of the signed movement of a silent night clock (1687): âJoseph Campanus inventor Romaeâ (1687), Private collection (Also included as Figure 50).
This book has been completed as part of a project that has received funding from the European Unionâs Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (GA n. 818098 TACITROOTS).
A short video on the genesis of the Campanisâ silent clock, with a special focus on the crank-lever escapement in a nocturnal clock by Pier Tommaso Campani can be found at the Brill webpage of this book:
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ISSN 2405-5077
ISBN 978-90-04-46010-2 (hardback)
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