Author: FACINI, BERNARDO. Bedini, Silvio A.
Title: Clockwork cosmos. Bernardo Facini and the Farnese planisferologio.
Description: Citta` del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1985. 222,[1] pp. 72 b./w. figs. Orig. softcover (printed wrappers). 8vo. (Studi e testi, 317).The Farnesian clock is an astronomical automaton with clock drive (astronomical clock ), which, according to inscriptions, was commissioned by the Duchess Dorothea Sophia Farnese of Parma-Piacenza (1670-1748), built by Bernardo Facini from Venice and completed in 1725. Bernardo Facini (1665-1731) was an astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker in Venice and taught in Piacenza.

Keywords: Clocks Astronomy Natural History Astronomy Klokken Astronomie Natuurwetenschappen Astronomie