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Faces of mystery : English decorated enamel clock dials of the eighteenth century Theelke, Anthony 1983 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.113.1.036.5"17"
Harrison decoded : towards a perfect pendulum clock /edited by Rory McEvoy and Jonathan Betts. "Brings together the output of a forty-year collaborative research project that unpicked and put into practice the fine details of John Harrison's extraordinary pendulum clock system. Harrison predicted that his unique method of making pendulum clocks could provide as much as one-hundred-times the stability of those made by his contemporaries. However, his final publication, which promised to describe the system, was a chaotic jumble of information, much of which had nothing to do with clockwork. One contemporary reviewer of Harrison's book could only suggest that the end result was a product of Harrison's 'superannuated dotage.' The focus of this book centres on the making, adjusting, and testing of Clock B which was the subject of various trials at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The modern history of Clock B is accompanied by scientific analysis of the clock system, Clock B's performance, the methods of data-gathering alongside historical perspectives on Harrison's clockmaking, that of his contemporaries, and some evaluation of the possible influence of early 18th century scientific thought."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 522/.5
Description of the clock-drop for the time-ball on Nelson's Monument Ritchie, Frederick James 1858? • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 681.113.033.1(421)
Treatise on clock and watch making, theoretical and practical / Reid, Thomas. 1826. Reid, Thomas 1826 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11
Treatise on clock and watch work, with an appendix on the dipleidoscope Dent, Frederick 1855 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11
Nineteenth-century clock technology in Britain, the United States, and Switzerland Church, R A 1975 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 681.11"18"
An introduction to the mechanical part of clock and watch work Hatton, Thomas 1773 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:681.11
A parergon of electrical horology : electric clock patents for the period 1840-1900 Aked, Charles K (comp) 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 608.3:681.11.031.22
The crystal clock : a description of a new clock utilizing the vibration of a quartz crystal instead Marrison, W A 1930 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.113.93
The Borghesi astronomical clock in the Museum of History and Technology Bedini, Silvio A 1964 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 92Borghesi
Henry Hindley and Son, clock and instrument makers and engineers of York Setchell, J R M 1972 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92Hindley
A description of the Society's Harrison clock, with a brief account of the maker Cottingham, E T 1909 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92Harrison
The earth as a clock : being the Halley lecture delivered on 5 June 1939 Jones, Harold Spencer 1939 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.31-327
The pulse of time : Galileo Galilei, the determination of longitude and the pendulum clock Bedini, Silvio A 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.282
A rudimentary treatise on clock and watch making, with a chapter on church clocks Denison, Edmund Beckett 1850 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11
The medieval clock of Salisbury Cathedral : its history, restoration and method of operation Duley, Antony J 1972 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 681.113.3(423.1)
Hipp's precision electric clock : translation of Dr. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.11
The book of Big Ben : the story of the great clock of Westminster Gillgrass, Alfred 1946 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.113.3(421)
The art of the painted clock dial : a unique British folk art /M. F. Tennant. "In 1772 a different type of clock dial made of painted iron was announced to replace the traditional engraved brass dial, and a new industry was born that flourished for over a century. This book charts the rise of painted dials and the dialmakers who worked in Birmingham and elsewhere, with particular emphasis on the development of the various artistic styles that were in fashion at different times. Introductory chapters discuss the development of painted elements on brass dials and the themes on various types of painted dials. Subsequent chapters deal with the major Birmingham dialmakers as well as smaller concerns, together with the various factors and merchants who sold dials under their own brand name, but made by others. The different artistic styles found on dials made in the lesser centres of production, such as Manchester, Halifax and Scotland, are also considered. Throughout this book the different styles of artwork and graphics that distinguish the dials made by various manufacturers are discussed and illustrated. The birds, flowers or moon faces painted by the anonymous artists working for different dialmakers can often be identified with a particular manufactory. These dial styles, and especially the graphics, provide important evidence that often enables a clock to be dated to within a few years. [...]"--Provided by the publisher. • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 681.11.033.1(42)
On the latest improvements in the clock-driving apparatus of astronomical telescopes Grubb, Howard, Sir 1888 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 520.2.075
the engagement between His Majesties fleet, and that of Holland begun June the First 1666 at two a clock 1666 • RARE-PAMPH • 2 copies available. 094:355.49"1666"(42:492)
The corpus clock / by Christopher de Hamel with photography by John C. Taylor. De Hamel, Christopher. c2008. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 681.114
The modern clock : a study of time keeping mechanism, its construction, regulation and repair Goodrich, Ward L 1905 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681.11
The elements of clock and watch-work, adapted to practice. In two essays Cumming, Alexander 1766 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:681.11