Hohmann, Frank L,

Timeless : masterpiece American brass dial clocks / Masterpiece American brass dial clocks Frank L. Hohmann, III ; contributors, Kirtland H. Crump [and others]. - [1st edition]. - 376 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm

Contributors: Kirtland H. Crump, Donald L. Fennimore, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby and David F. Wood.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index.

Foreword / Morrison H. Heckscher -- Introduction / Frank L. Hohmann III -- Clocks and Society / Frank L. Hohmann III -- A Causerie on the Business of Clockmaking in Eighteenth-Century America / Donald L. Fennimore -- Far From Equilibrium: Clocks and Clock Shops / David F. Wood -- Clock Cases in the American Colonies / Frank L. Hohmann III -- Accuracy of Colonial Timekeeping / Frank L. Hohmann III -- A Philadelphia Experiment / Kirtland H. Crump and Frank L. Hohmann III -- Plates -- Biographies of Clockmakers / Martha Willoughby -- Glossary of Basic Terms -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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