Longcase Clock

BRUTON, Eric

Children's Books

arco publications

The measurement of time was one of man's earliest obsessions, and the desire for ever greater precision in time-keeping has inspired generations in the fields of mathematics and science. Equally, each advance has produced accompanying works of great craftsmanship that have turned objects of sober function into things of outstanding beauty. Eric Bruton traces the path of this development from the simple shepherd's dial made of clay, through the rush of horological activity that followed the invention of the pendulum in the mid-seventeenth century, to the perfection escapement developments that form the basic principles of the complex electronic circuitry of our clocks and watches today. Combining specially commissioned line drawings, magnificent colour illustrations and a lucid, authoritative text, this book offers the reader a wonderful catalogue of man's achievement in the fields of science and art.

History of Clocks and Watches

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Little,Brown & Co

The History of Clocks and Watches -- w/ Dust Jacket

Antiques & Collectibles

Black Cat.

***COURTESY OF TWOBEARS BOOKS*** One of man's earliest scientific achievements was the measurement of time by an instrument - from the shadow of a tall palm tree or stone obelisk timekeeping has evolved through sundials, water clocks, sand glasses and fire clocks to the quartz and atomic clocks which make space travel possible today. Carriage, grandfather, shelf, bracket - these are some of the clocks described. Watches, which evolved from table clocks and were first worn around the neck, are discussed and many fine, elaborate, jewelled examples are illustrated. The author, Eric Bruton, has traced the eventful history of this progress, and discusses many interesting side developments: that clocks and watches were the first technical products to be traded by Europe with the East; that the mastery of timekeeping at sea in the 18th and 19th centuries brought accurate navigation and the charting of the world's coastlines. There is a chapter devoted to clocks and watches in North America. Certain early American clockmakers gained great eminence, and the finest development of the shelf clock was a purely American design. The continual striving after accuracy has taxed the clockmakers' ingenuity through the centuries, as is clearly shown in the drawing of escapements from the 13th to 19th century. CLOCKS AND WATCHES is liberally illustrated with over two hundred pictures, many in full colour. They portray clocks and watches both weird and wonderful, including an uncommon one of Bilston Boxes - many of which were sham watches of varying degrees of realism.

Clocks and Watches

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd

Antique Clocks and Clock Collecting by Eric Bruton

Antique Clocks and Clock Collecting

Hamlyn

Antique Clocks and Clock Collecting (Gondola Books)

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

The Longcase (Grandfather) Clock

F.A. Praeger

Hallmarks & Date Letters on Silver, Gold & Platinum

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Diamonds

N.A.G. Press

Nice clean copy.  No marks or writing.  Sharp edges and corners. (I)

Hallmarks and Date Letters on Silver, Gold and Platinum

Robert Hale, Ltd.

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