The carriage clock : a repair and restoration manual / Laurie Penman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : NAG Press, an imprint of The Crowood Press Limited, 2005Edition: [First edition]Description: 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780719803109
  • 0719803101
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "This truly comprehensive and practical new work is the first book to be devoted solely to the repair and restoration of the carriage clock, and as such will be greatly welcomed by professional and amateur alike. It describes the variety of movements found in the clocks that were produced by the thousand in France. The details of the simple timepiece, strikers, alarms, quarter repeaters, and grande sonnerie are shown and discussed here. Over 220 detailed and accurate drawings display the operation of the more complex parts and the text describes symptoms, faults, and corrections of each type of movement in turn, with other chapters on tools, major repair techniques, cleaning, maintenance, and a list of suppliers of materials."--Amazon.
Holdings
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS547 .P38 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000032744

Includes bibliographical references (page 344) and index.

"This truly comprehensive and practical new work is the first book to be devoted solely to the repair and restoration of the carriage clock, and as such will be greatly welcomed by professional and amateur alike. It describes the variety of movements found in the clocks that were produced by the thousand in France. The details of the simple timepiece, strikers, alarms, quarter repeaters, and grande sonnerie are shown and discussed here. Over 220 detailed and accurate drawings display the operation of the more complex parts and the text describes symptoms, faults, and corrections of each type of movement in turn, with other chapters on tools, major repair techniques, cleaning, maintenance, and a list of suppliers of materials."--Amazon.

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A detailed practical guide for the restoration and repair of carriage clocks, illustrated

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