Brass dial clocks /
Brian Loomes.
- [First edition].
- 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 8-9) and index.
Early longcase clocks in London -- Early provincial eight-day clocks and cases -- The origins of thirty-hour clocks in the provinces -- Clocksmith work (primitive and prototype provincial thirty-hour clocks) -- Eight-day square dial work -- Eight-day arched dial work -- Scotland -- Ireland -- Clockmaking in America -- Spring-driven clocks -- Case studies in early provincial makers.
1851492216 9781851492213
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GB9847456 bnb
1600-1799
Clocks and watches--History--Great Britain--17th century. Clocks and watches--History--Great Britain--18th century. Clocks and watches.