From celestial to terrestrial timekeeping : clockmaking in the Bond family / Donald Saff.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Antiquarian Horological Society, 2019Manufacturer: York, UK : York Publishing ServicesDescription: xiii, 424 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780901180544
- 0901180548
- Clockmaking in the Bond family
- Bond family -- History
- Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865
- Bond, Richard Fifield, 1827-1866
- Bond family
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865
- Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859
- William Bond & Son -- History
- Harvard College Observatory
- Harvard College Observatory
- 1800-1899
- Clock and watch making -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century
- Astronomical clocks -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century
- Chronometers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century
- Astronomical clocks
- Chronometers
- Clock and watch making
- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Clock (general)
- USA
- Bibliography biography " oscillator clock antique iron-geared advanced technical
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Years in the research and writing, this magnificent new AHS publication traces the achievements of the remarkable Bond family, who excelled in practical and theoretical work in astronomy, clock design, time distribution, and celestial photography?assisting astronomers to map the sky, sailors to determine longitude at sea, and the New England Railroads to run to time.00At the 1851 Great Exhibition, the Bonds introduced the drum chronograph to the scientific community, combatting the human inaccuracies inherent in observing star transits. The system was greatly admired and universally employed. The Astronomer Royal, Sir George Airy, even coined a term for it: the?American Method?.00The book has extensive endnotes, a detailed index and bibliography, and is profusely illustrated with 450 images, mainly in colour (featuring Bond family members, astronomer colleagues, shop drawings, and clocks and chronographs with details) as well as measured drawings of selected Bond clocks. The Appendix list clocks with historical details, advertisements, correspondence, publications, sales notes, servicing records, and a genealogy.
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