Clockmaking Past And Present

Author : G. F. C. Gordon
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447488989
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clockmaking - Past And Present written by G. F. C. Gordon and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocking making. This text is a veritable must-have for anyone with a keen interest in clocks and watches, and includes detailed, interesting information on the history of clock making, descriptions of the inner machinations and composition of clocks, and much more besides. Although old, the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much utility to modern readers as it was to those contemporary with its original publication. The chapters of this book include: A history of clocks and watches, Materials, Tools, Wheels and pinions, Escapements, Pendulums, Motive power, Striking mechanisms, Lantern clocks, Long case clocks, Bracket clocks, The age of a movement, Clock hands, British clocks for export, etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume now in a modern, affordable edition complete with a new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.

Author : George Francis Carter Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clockmaking Past and Present written by George Francis Carter Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Francis Carter Gordon
Publisher : London : C. Lockwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clockmaking, Past and Present written by George Francis Carter Gordon and published by London : C. Lockwood. This book was released on 1925 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. F. C. Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Clockmaking, Past and Present written by G. F. C. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. Gordon
Publisher : Slusser Press
ISBN 13 : 1445518961
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clockmaking - Past and Present - With Which Is Incorporated the More Important Portions of 'Clocks, Watches and Bells, ' by the Late Lord Grimthorpe R written by G. Gordon and published by Slusser Press. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : G. F. C. Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clockmaking Past and Present ... written by G. F. C. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. F. C. Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780715812426
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Clockmaking, Past and Present written by G. F. C. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. H. Baillie
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447496019
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World written by G. H. Baillie and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World” is a comprehensive reference book of the most notable makers of clocks and watches in the world at the time when this book was first published. It is presented as a series of lists, each containing different information pertaining to the industry and the main companies involved in the manufacture of timepieces. Contents Include: “Conventions Abbreviations”, “List of Names with Alternative Spellings”, “List of Watch and Clockmakers”, “List of Initials and Monograms”, “List of Place Names”, “Maps”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on clockmaking.

Author : Eric Bruton
Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785818557
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Clocks and Watches written by Eric Bruton and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lucid and authoritative catalog of man's obsession with time and timepieces. Hundreds of full-color and black-and-white illustrations compliment intricate line drawings that illuminate the inner workings of these devices.

Author : David Rooney
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780241370513
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book About Time written by David Rooney and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Korean Air Lines Flight 007, 1983 -- Order : sundial at the Forum, Rome, 263 BCE -- Faith : Castle Clock, Diyār Bakr, 1206 -- Virtue : the hourglass of Temperance, Siena, 1338 -- Markets : stock exchange clock, Amsterdam, 1611 -- Knowledge : Samrat Yantra, Jaipur, 1732-35 -- Empires : observatory time ball, Cape Town, 1833 -- Manufacture : Gog and Magog, London, 1865 -- Morality : electric time system, Brno, 1903-6 -- Resistance : telescope driving-clock, Edinburgh, 1913 -- Identity : golden telephone handsets, London, 1935 -- War : miniature atomic clocks, Munich, 1972 -- Peace : plutonium timekeeper, Osaka, 6970.5500 650|s| |a|Clocks and watches |x|History.