A Description of Helioscopes, and Some Other Instruments
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Step into the laboratory of 'England’s Leonardo' as he reinvents how we see the heavens and measure time. From the invention of the universal joint to a fierce battle over the watch spring, Robert Hooke’s treatise is a masterclass in 17th-century precision engineering and high-stakes scientific rivalry.
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