Category Archives: Books

Institutiones Horologicae, or, A Physico-Mathematical Theory of Clock-Work is a little known work by Benjamin Martin being the horological section of a much larger work printed in London for W. Owen, at Homer’s Head near Temple Bar, Fleet Street. The … Continue reading →

I was asked recently to recommend a book on marine chronometers. This is not an easy question to answer as I have 20 or more books on the subject on my own bookshelves. The first two books below are the essential ones to … Continue reading →