Clock and Watch Makers, Europe
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marvin E. Whitney Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-389
Scope and Contents
This collection includes articles compiled by Whitney while researching military timepieces.
Rasmus Sørnes Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG-381
Scope and Contents
This smaller collection includes drawings, plans, and photographs related to the astronomical clocks created by Rasmus Sørnes during the mid-20th Century. The language used to label the drawings in this collection is Norwegian, as Sørnes was from Norway. A small number of the illustrations have hand-written English translations. Many of the drawings relate to the astronomical elements of creating an astronomical clock. There are illustrations involving calculations of the planets, sun, and...