An illustrated overview of perpetualmotion machines and their inventors. The deceptively simple task of making a mechanism which would turn forever has fascinated many famous men and physicists throughout the centuries. In fact, the basic tenets of engineering grew from the failures of these perpetual motion machine designers. And, despite the naivete and even the blatant trickery of many inventors, there still exist a handful of mechanisms which defy explanation: * a vast canvascovered wheel which turned by itself was erected in the Tower of London * another wheel turned endlessly in Germany and was discussed by philosophers and scientists throughout Europe, including Sir Isaac Newton

Perpetual motion: The history of an obsession

Science & Math

ORD-HUME, ARTHUR W.J.G.

Physics

George Allen Unwin

Player piano: the history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it,

Arts & Photography

Music

Allen& Unwin

Clockwork music: An illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments from the musical box to the pianola, from automaton lady virginal players to orchestrion

Allen And Unwin

This companion volume to the author's Musical Box: a History and Collector's Gudie is a complete handbook on the techniques of musical box conservation. It is written by a world authority on automatic musical instruments who has had more than a quarter of a century's practical workshop experience and will serve as a clear and comprehensive introduction for the novice and an invaluable reference book for the experienced or expert restorer.

Restoring Musical Boxes

Unwin Hyman

Arthur Ord-Hume's earlier book Collecting Musical Boxes quickly established itself as the best introduction to the subject. In this new book, a very much larger, more comprehensive and more profusely illustrated work, he tells the detailed story of the birth of the musical box and its development from a charming novelty to an instrument capable of serious musical interpretation. Written by a worldwide authority on automatic musical instruments, the book is the fruit of more than thirty years' study of musical boxes and their history. It traces the progress of the musical box during the nineteenth century and shows how it reached its peak of perfection round about the time of the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851, while its peak of production came much later with the mass production of the disc musical box in the late 1880's and 1890's. Arthur Ord-Hume argues that much of what has up till now been accepted as the early history of the musical box may not be altogether accurate, and he offers evidence to suggest that the very first comb-playing musical movements were around as early as 1750. The book concludes with the most comprehensive biological listing of makers and patentees of musical boxes ever attempted and an appendix illustrating tune sheets, accompanied by a list of the makers who used them, which together will enable the collector to identify many boxes previously virtually unidentifiable.

Musical Box: A History and Collector's Guide

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Describes the workings of the player-piano and explains how to dismantle, rebuild, and recondition the various types of player-pianos

Restoring Pianolas and Other Self Playing Pianos

A mechanical engineer recounts the efforts of scientists and inventors through the centuries to devise perpetual-motion machinery and shows ways in which their experimentation contributed to the science of mechanics

Perpetual Motion: The History of an Obsession

St Martins Pr

Description: 567 p. , [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Barrel organ. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 548-552. Abundantly photo & diagram illustrated throughout

Barrel organ: the story of the mechanical organ and its repair

South Brunswick, N. J. : A. S. Barnes

Player piano;: The history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it

A.S. Barnes

The History of the Reed Organ and Its Makers

Harmonium, the History of the Reed Organ and Its Makers

David&Charles

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