Miscellaneous Frontmatter

pp v-vi

Dedication

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-x

List of Illustrations

pp xi-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xxii

Hands

pp 1-2

1 - Hand and Heart

pp 3-22

2 - Motion and Rest

pp 23-36

Pendulums

pp 37-38

3 - A Logically Ordered Universe

pp 39-50

4 - A Line, a Weight and a Nail

pp 51-64

5 - Court and Académie

pp 65-82

6 - New Systems

pp 83-94

7 - Curiosities and Chronometers

pp 95-108

8 - Revolutionary Minds

pp 109-124

9 - Clockwork

pp 125-138

10 - Hammers, Dials and Barrels

pp 139-156

Metronomes

pp 157-158

11 - Winkel’s Prototype

pp 159-174

12 - Maelzel’s Metronome

pp 175-196

13 - Composers’ Calibrations

pp 197-212

14 - An Incomparable Lack of Judgement

pp 213-224

15 - New Currents

pp 225-248

16 - Metronome Sense

pp 249-262

Afterword: Object of Destruction

pp 263-272

Notes

pp 273-292

Works Cited

pp 293-314

Index

pp 315-320