“Astronomical Observatories and Chronometry, 18th-20th Century. Studies in Honour of Paolo Brenni”, Springer
edited by Gianenrico Bernasconi, Ileana Chinnici, Marco Storni.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-95874-8
The volume is the result of the international workshop “Astronomical Observatories and Chronometry: Time, Science and Instruments (18th-20th Century)”, held at the University of Neuchâtel and at the International Museum of Horology of La Chaux-de-Fonds from 1 to 3 December 2021 and it is dedicated to Paolo Brenni’s memory.
Chapters of this book cohere around 5 sections: starting from the 18th century, and going through the 19th and 20th, the relations between observatories and chronometry (and more generally between practices and materiality) are analyzed from the standpoint of the quest for precision, the certification of timepieces, the acquisition and use of specific apparatus, as well as the circulation of knowledge and of instruments on a global scale.