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001 6340dd03db6ae
003 OCoLC
005 20240909204248.0
008 091002s2009 nyuab b 001 0 eng d
010 _a 2009904663
020 _a9780978968915
020 _a0978968913
035 _a(OCoLC)444702490
040 _aVCW
_beng
_erda
_cVCW
_dCFD
_dYDXCP
_dOCLCF
_dOCLCO
_dOCLCQ
_dOCL
_dVAMVE
_dLKC
_dOCLCO
_dNYHRS
043 _an-us---
049 _aHRSA
100 1 _aHohmann, Frank L,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTimeless :
_bmasterpiece American brass dial clocks /
_cFrank L. Hohmann, III ; contributors, Kirtland H. Crump [and others].
246 3 0 _aMasterpiece American brass dial clocks
250 _a[1st edition].
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHohmann Holdings LLC,
_c[2009]
264 4 _c©2009
300 _a376 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;
_c31 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
336 _acartographic image
_bcri
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aContributors: Kirtland H. Crump, Donald L. Fennimore, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby and David F. Wood.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index.
505 0 _aForeword / 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.
562 _331560000053534
_b15195
590 _a100 of the finest American tall case clocks, as determined by a panel of experts from the museum and scholarly world. Superbly clear, detailed and large pictures, and descriptions of both case and movement. A ' catalogue raisonee' of the 100 finest American made clocks, mostly brass dial tall case clocks of the early 19th century, as selected by an independent panel of museum professionals and scholars, photographed and described in great detail (case and movemnt) according to common standards, with additional essays and contributions by Kirtland Crump, Donald Fennimore, Morrison Heckscher, Martha Willowby and David Wood. Includes annotated biographies of about 65 clockmakes, bibliography and index. Organized geographically by the 13 colonies.
648 7 _a1700-1799
_2fast
650 0 _aClocks and watches
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 7 _aClocks and watches.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00864521
_96879
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204155
653 0 _aFloor clock
653 5 _aUSA
653 3 _aAmerican
653 2 _aHighgrade clock
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 _aCrump, Kirtland H.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014120574
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700 1 _aFennimore, Donald L.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83154818
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700 1 _aHeckscher, Morrison H.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85012609
_95023
700 1 _aWilloughby, Martha H.
700 1 _aWood, David F.,
_d1950-
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97002133
_94267
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_cBK
_n0
994 _aC0
_bNYHRS
998 _aReady for QC
999 _c2651
_d2651