Robert Hooke's 'universal joint' and its application to sundials and the sundial-clock

Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-236

  Mills, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hooke's joint; Robert Hooke; Sundial clock; Sundials; Universal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249095744     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2006.0172     Document Type: Article

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