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.
| ISBN: | 9780764318467 |
| Publication date: | 18th August 2003 |
| Author: | Derek Roberts |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | A Schiffer Book for Collectors |
| Genres: |
Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts |
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.
English Precision Pendulum Clocks features in the following genres: Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts
English Precision Pendulum Clocks is available in Hardback
English Precision Pendulum Clocks was written by Derek Roberts and published by Schiffer Publishing an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
English Precision Pendulum Clocks has 296 pages
Yes it is part of A Schiffer Book for Collectors series