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Barraud (E.M.): Barraud, The Story of a Family
O/P. 190 pages, frontispiece + 20 plates, 11 pedigree charts, 1967. The story of the Barraud family in England, New Zealand and America, all descended from Philippe Barraud who was born in France and became a British citizen in 1704. The family includes several distinguished artists as well as the clock and chronometer makers. A fine copy (bookplate inside front cover) with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K25 - F2)  in stock.

Brown (O.): The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Catalogue 2 Balance & Weights
O/P. 32 pages, illustrated, 1982. A useful description of the collection of balances and weights at this well-known Museum in Cambridge. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3790 - G3)  in stock.

Brown (O.): The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Catalogue 4 Spheres, Globes & Orreries
O/P. 24 pages, illustrated, 1983. A useful description of the spheres, globes and orreries at this well-known Museum in Cambridge. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5250 - E3)  in stock.

Cescinsky (H.): The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture
O/P. 168 pages, 292 plates, 1st edition, 1931. An interesting book about the detection of fakes and 'improvements' in English furniture and woodwork. The book includes a chapter on longcase and bracket clocks. A very good copy, covers a little faded. (Ref: K2087 - G2)  in stock.

Ditisheim (P.): The Timing of Chronometers and Watches - A Review of the History and Progress of Adjusting
O/P. A nicely bound photocopy, 14 pages, 25 figs. This is an English translation, of item K3325 above, (Le Progrès du Réglage des Chronomètres et des Montres), which first appeared in "English Mechanics" March-April 1926. A good useable copy. (Ref: K5249 - P1)  in stock.

Drinkwater (P.I.): Oronce Finé's Second Book of Solar Horology
O/P. 32 pages, illustrated, 1993. A translation and interpretation of Finé's second book of solar horology which deals with observational instruments (quadrants, ring dials, universal astrolabes, Regiomontanus dial) whose main purpose is to tell the time. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3781 - J1)  in stock.

Duncan (A.M.): Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
O/P. 328 pages, 1976. An English translation of Nicolaus Copernicus' famous work De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium first published in Nuremberg in 1543. The work proved that the sun is at the centre of our solar system, orbited by the earth and the other planets. A fine copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K5244 - F3)  in stock.

Gatty (A.): The Book of Sun-Dials. Collected by Mrs Alfred Gatty
O/P. 156 pages, 5 engraved plates, 1st edition, 1872. A wealth of information on sundials and sundial mottoes by Mrs Alfred Gatty. A very good copy in original Victorian binding with gilt logo and blind tooling to front, gilt lettering to spine. Bookplate inside front cover.

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(Ref: K4300 - G3)  in stock.

Hoare (C.): The Slide Rule and How to Use It
O/P. 104 pages, 9th edition, complete with original cardboard slide rule, 1907. The basics of how to use a slide rule and chapters on how to use it in mensuration, mechanics, engineering and commerce. A very good copy but card slide rule is inserted within a linen pocket inside the front cover, as the rule projects beyond the top edge of the board the top 3cm of the rule are worn and creased. (Ref: K5245 - J1)  in stock.

Manthey (D): A Treatise of Mathematical Instruments by John Robertson
O/P. 226 pages, 11 plates, 2002. A reprint of the 3rd edition of A Treatise of such Mathematical Instruments, as are usually put into a Portable Case by John Robertson published in 1775. The book has 26 pages of modern notes by David Manthey including a biography of Robertson. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5246 - N1)  in stock.

Negretti & Zambra: A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments
S/H. 176 pages, reprint of a book first published in 1864. A detailed work describing the principles and construction of barometers, hygrometers, rain gauges, anemometers, ozonometers and other meteorological instruments. Very good copy, paperback. (Ref: K2310 - K1)  in stock.

Owen (G.A.): A Treatise on Weighing Machines
O/P. 207 pages, 175 illustrations, 1922. A good guide to the principles and construction of all types of weighing machines - beam scales, counter machines, steelyards, weighbridges, and many more. With a chapter on friction, knife-edges and bearings. Good copy. (Ref: K5247 - F3)  in stock.

Price (D. de Solla): Gears from the Greeks - The Antikythera Mechanism
O/P. 70 pages, 45 figures, 1974. In 1900 a mediterranean shipwreck was discovered off the small island of Antikythera in Greece. The shipwreck dates from 80 B.C. and the find included an assembly of corroded bronze gear wheel fragments believed to be a mechanical model of the solar system and able to calculate, astronomical positions, eclipses etc. A fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K5248 - G3)  in stock.

Ridgway (M.H.) & Priestley (P.T.): The Compendium of Chester Gold and Silver Marks, 1570 to 1962 from the Chester Assay Office Registers
O/P. 520 pages, illustrated, 2004. All known registered and unregistered marks associated with goldsmith and silversmiths from Chester are given here from 1570 to 1962, when the Assay Office was closed by Act of Parliament. In all approximately 10,000 marks are recorded, with 800 listings for the watch trade. The book has an addendum on Liverpool Watchcase Makers and also an addendum to Priestley's 'Watchcase Makers of England 1720 - 1920'. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K4045 - F4)  in stock.

Roberts (Deryck): The Bracket Clock
O/P. 192 pages, 30 plates, 42 figures, 1982. This book covers the period 1650 to 1925 and is a good general survey of case, movement, dial and hand styles that are useful for dating bracket clocks. Very good copy, the dust jacket good but faded to spine. (Ref: K1048 - P1)  in stock.