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Strasburg clock
Strasburg clock

Strasburg clock

 

Des Barrett and Nick Lomb
$6.95 ($6.26 member price)
[prices shown are in Australian dollars and include GST]
ISBN 978 186317 119 9
Booklet, 16 (inc cover) pages, 240 x 200 mm
Over 22 illustrations
Publisher: Powerhouse Publishing

Published: July 2007

The Strasburg clock model is one of the Powerhouse?s most popular objects.

Built by clockmaker Richard Bartholomew Smith in Sydney between 1887 and 1889, the Strasburg clock model has been one of the Powerhouse Museum?s most intriguing, eccentric and popular exhibits for over a century. Inspired by the ?Great Astronomical, Mechanical and Apostolic Clock? in the Strasbourg Cathedral in France, the museum?s model can be appreciated on many levels --- from its representation of the universe as known to early astronomers to its fantastic confection of towers, staircases, mysterious dials, mechanical birds, cherubs, chariots and saints. Whatever your interest, you can discover more about the Strasburg clock model in this booklet.


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