About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited

ISBN-100764318462

ISBN-139780764318467

eBay Product ID (ePID)2362791

Product Key Features

Book TitleEnglish Precision Pendulum Clocks

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Crafts & Hobbies

AuthorDerek Roberts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height9.2 in

Item Weight74.3 Oz

Item Length12 in

Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-009599

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromTenth Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal681.1/13

Grade ToCollege Freshman

SynopsisThis beautiful book presents the fascinating developments in precision timekeeping in England from 1720 through the 18th and 19th centuries. The work of well-known 18th century horologists, Shelton, Ellicott, Arnold, Cumming, Earnshaw and the Vulliamys, Reid and Hardy and others are included. Their technical advances in precision pendulum clocks are documented along with the evolution of the cases they were housed in, from the early Georgian style to the classic Victorian dome-topped regulators. Over 700 color and black and white photographs and illustrations document these historically significant time regulators. They have become essential our everyday lives, aiding the industrial revolution, regulating the timetables of trains and being used by clockmakers to regulate the watches and clocks the world had come to rely on., This beautiful book presents the fascinating developments in precision timekeeping in England from 1720 through the 18th and 19th centuries. The work of well-known 18th century horologists, Shelton, Ellicott, Arnold, Cumming, Earnshaw and the Vulliamys, Reid and Hardy and others are included. Their technical advances in precision pendulum clocks are documented along with the evolution of the cases they were housed in, from the early Georgian style to the classic Victorian dome-topped regulators.Over 700 color and black and white photographs and illustrations document these historically significant time regulators. They have become essential our everyday lives, aiding the industrial revolution, regulating the timetables of trains and being used by clockmakers to regulate the watches and clocks the world had come to rely on., This beautiful book presents the fascinating developments in precision time keeping in England from 1720 through the 18th and 19th centuries. The work of well-known 18th century horologists, Shelton, Ellicott, Arnold, Cumming, Earnshaw and the Vulliamys, Reid and Hardy and others are included. Their technical advances in precision pendulum clocks are documented along with the evolution of the cases they were housed in, from the early Georgian style to the classic Victorian dome-topped regulators. Over 700 color and black and white photographs and illustrations document these historically significant time regulators. They have become essential our everyday lives, aiding the industrial revolution, regulating the timetables of trains and being used by clockmakers to regulate the watches and clocks the world had come to rely on.

LC Classification NumberTS543.E54.R62 2003