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Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction A Clockwork Universe 1. "Pour la Gloire de Dieu" Clock Making and the Jesuit Mission 2. "Ode to a Self-Sounding Bell" The Chinese Interest in Elaborate Clockwork 3. "An Asiatick Temple" Western Clockwork and the China Trade 4. "To Rival Oriental Splendor" The Aesthetic Milieu Conclusion Appendixes A. The Imperial Workshops B. European Clockmakers at the Chinese Court, 1601-1822 C. European Makers of Clocks and Automata for the Chinese Market Notes List of Transliterations Bibliography Index