The book of Big Ben : the story of the great clock of Westminster / by Alfred Gillgrass ... with a foreword by Lt.-Comdr. R.T. Gould, R.N. (ret.).

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, H. Joseph Limited [1946]Edition: [First edition]Description: 47 pages illustrations, plates, portrait, 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS543.5.L6 G5 1946 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000027975
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS543.5.L6 G5 1946 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000027983

"First published in April 1946."

Written for the "layman", 17 black and white plates, the story of Big Ben clock

Claims to be the first monograph written on the Great clock at Westminster palace by an 'uniterested' party (id est other than Denison). The writer is a clockmaker, the foreword by a horological expert. 23 blank and white illustrations on 17 (unpaginated) plates

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