Britten's old clocks and watches and their makers : a historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past in England and abroad containing a list of nearly fourteen thousand makers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bonanza Books, [1956]Copyright date: ©1956Edition: 7th edition., G.H. Baillie, C. Clurton, and C.A. Ilbert, with a front by L.C. Cresswell and diagrs. by V. JancaDescription: xx, 518 pages : illustrations (1 folded), facsimilesContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Uniform titles:
  • Old clocks and watches and their masters
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Counting the hours: from the beginning to 1550 -- The age of decoration -- Counting the minutes -- English supremacy. Circa 1600-1750 -- Counting the seconds, 1750-1830 -- French clocks. 1660-1830 -- National styles -- Alarum, striking and repeating mechanism -- Records of famous makers.
Holdings
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS543.G7 B75 1956 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000045670

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-317).

Counting the hours: from the beginning to 1550 -- The age of decoration -- Counting the minutes -- English supremacy. Circa 1600-1750 -- Counting the seconds, 1750-1830 -- French clocks. 1660-1830 -- National styles -- Alarum, striking and repeating mechanism -- Records of famous makers.

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The classic work on clocks and clockmakers

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