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Dodd (G.): British Manufactures Series IV
O/P. 218 pages, illus., 1845. An interesting little book with chapters on glass manufacture, carpet manufacture, floor-cloth manufacture, piano-forte manufacture and 29 pages on watch and clock manufacture. An interesting historical perspective. Contents good, board becoming detached (held on by clear tape), boards very worn, leather spine marbled boards (worn through). (Ref: K3083 - N1) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Dohrn-Van Rossum (G.): Die Geschichte der Stunde: Uhren und modern Zeitordnung
O/P. 415 pages, illus., 1992. A scholarly book on time measurement and its impact on life since the mechanical clock was developed in the 15th century. A good copy with good dust jacket. [German language] (Ref: K3144 - P2) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Dolz, Schardin, Schillinger & Schramm: Uhren-Globen, wissenschaftliche instrumente
O/P. 115 pages, illus., 1993. A catalogue of fine clocks, globes and scientific instruments located at the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Museum, Dresden. Good copy. Card covers. [German language] (Ref: K3262 - X1) in stock.
Price: £8.00 |
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Dowler (G.): Gloucestershire Clock & Watch Makers
O/P. 230 pages, 37 plates, 1984. A well researched and written book, one of the better titles on provincial makers. A lot more than just a list of makers; one maker was convicted and transported to Australia! Very good copy with very good dust jacket.
* Was £40.00, now on special offer at £20.00 *
(Ref: K1021 - P1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Downer (M.): The Earl's Machine - the portable calculator invented by Charles, third Earl Stanhope (1753-1816)
O/P. 48 pages, illus., 2008. An illustrated exhibition catalogue of the calculator (for multiplication and division) invented by Earl Stanhope and built by clockmaker James Bullock in 1777. The booklet has photographs of the machine and the original drawings as well as an explanation of how it works by Michael Wright. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K4746 - M2) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Drachman (S.R.): An Early 18th Century Lacquered Longcase Clock by Hugh Davis of Speake
O/P. 17 pages, 20 illustrations, 2003. An article in an edition of the NAWCC Bulletin. This is the only known source of information about Hugh Davis of Speke (near Liverpool), an otherwise unknown clockmaker. Fine copy, soft covers. (Ref: K5092 - A2) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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 | Drake (S.): Galileo Galilei Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass
O/P. 95 pages, illus., 1978. This is an English translation, with introduction, of Galileo's first publication printed in 1606. Galileo developed the sector (Galileo's "compass") into a useful calculation instrument sufficiently accurate to solve military problems associated with fortification and artillery as well as problems of proportion. A fine copy. Card covers. (Ref: K1966) in stock.
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Drepperd (C.W.): American Clocks & Clockmakers
O/P. 312 pages + 52 page supplement, illustrated, 2nd edition, 1958. A good introduction to the subject. Good copy, cloth a little worn. (Ref: K3823 - Z2) in stock.
Price: £7.00 |
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[Dreweatts]: The Horological Working Library of Charles Allix, Fine Clocks Barometers and Scientific Instruments
O/P. 138 lots of books and 126 lots of clocks, barometers and scientific instruments, illustrated, 2012. The auction catalogue for the sale of Charles Allix's collection of manuscripts, books, portraits and ephemera, which included 8 lots of important manuscripts with a direct provenance from John and William Harrison as well as a bronze bust of John Harrison. A good copy, with ink annotations to text. Card covers. (Ref: K2766 - P3) in stock.
Price: £8.00 |
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Drover (C.B.): A Medieval Monastic Water-Clock
O/P. 6 pages, 4 illustrations, 1954. A reprint from Antiquarian Horology describing a 13th century water clock illustrated and described in a manuscript now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Good copy, paper covers. (Ref: KW5214 - BX11) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Drover (C.B.): George IIIrd's Directions for Mounting and Unmounting a Watch
O/P. [4 pages], 4 figs., 1975. A paper, reprinted from Antiquarian Horology about George III's handwritten instructions for assembling a watch. The manuscripts are now in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle. Good copy, paper covers. (Ref: K3567 - BX18) in stock.
Price: £4.00 |
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Drover (C.B.): The Brussels Miniature - An Early Fusee and a Monastic Alarm
O/P. [6 pages], 1 illustration, 1962. A short paper on the spring driven fusee clock shown in a 15th century manuscript miniature, the earliest know illustration of a fusee. An offprint from Antiquarian Horology. Paper covers now worn. (Ref: K2647 - BX5) in stock.
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Dulken (S. Van): British Patents of Invention, 1617 - 1977 : A Guide for Researchers
O/P. 211 pages, a few illustrations, 1999. A practical handbook suggesting how to identify British patent specifications of interest to a researcher whether by number, name or subject. As over two million British patent specifications have been published this guide is an essential tool! Fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K5225 - F1) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Duncan (D.E.): The Calendar
O/P. 360 pages illustrated, 1998. The fascinating story of the 5000-year struggle to align the clock and the heavens -and what happened to the missing ten days. Very good condition. With very good dust jacket. (Ref: K3412 - W2) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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 | Dunn (R.): The Telescope - A Short History
NEW. 192 pages, 61 illustrations, 2011. An interesting, informative and very readable history of the telescope from its invention in 1608 to the present. With dust jacket. (Ref: N3562) in stock.
Price: £12.99 |
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Dunn (R.) & Higgitt (R.): Finding Longitude - How ships, clocks and stars helped solve the longitude problem
O/P. 255 pages, illustrated, 2014. Published to coincide with the tercentenary of the first Longitude Act of Parliament in 1714, and The Quest for Longitude exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in 2014, this beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the quest for longitude, one of the greatest achievements of the Georgian age. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K4121 - R1) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Dworetsky (L.) & Dickstein (R.): Horology Americana
O/P. 212 pages, 300 illustrations (204 in colour), 1972. This book illustrates over 200 American clocks of all types with excellent colour illustrations. A fine copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K1390 - R2) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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 | Dzik (W.H.): Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800
NEW. 439 pages, 738 illustrations, 2019. Art on a Canvas of Brass is the first book devoted to an analysis of the decorative engraving found on the backplates of English table clocks. Based on engravings from over 1,000 backplate images, the text focuses on the design patterns and imagery from the advent of the pendulum clock until the close of the 18th century. Throughout the book, the figures reveal relationships between different clockmakers who shared the talents of the same engraving artist. The book provides a systematic approach to "reading" engraving patterns on English spring clocks. With dust jacket.
** Those who purchase the book also receive access to an on-line supplement that presents information and images on engraving patterns of over 400 clocks not covered in the book's text. The supplement also contains a Tompion Concordance that allows you to look at images of over 100 Tompion clocks if all you know is the Tompion number. The supplement will be regularly updated by the author. **
(Ref: N4885) in stock.
Price: £75.00 |
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 | Dzik (W.H.): Beneath the Dial: English Clock Pull Repeat Striking, 1675-1725
NEW. 589 pages, circa 1000 illustrations, 2023. Beneath the Dial is the first book in almost 40 years devoted to pull repeat striking in early English clocks. The book is divided into two parts - part 1 reviews the origins of pull repeat striking during the last quarter of the 17th century; part 2 presents a detailed illustrated Atlas which categorizes pull quarter strike designs for over 200 clocks and timepieces produced between 1675 and 1725. The book includes expert technical contributions by Roger Still, an experienced clock restorer. (Ref: N5200) in stock.
Price: £99.00 |
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 | Earnshaw (T.): Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: stating Mr Thomas Earnshaw's Claim to the Original Invention of the Improvements in his Timekeepers
O/P. [xxii + 280 pages + 35 pages of appendices], portrait, 6 plates, limited edition of 350 copies, 1986. This is a facsimile reprint of Earnshaw's appeal to the Board of Longitude for a reward for his inventions, first published in 1808, with a new introduction by John Griffiths. A fine copy (bookplate inside front cover), leather spine/marbled boards complete with the original film wrapper (now with a few tears and small area of loss).
***Automatic 10% discount at the checkout on this book.***
(Ref: K1126 - W1) in stock.
Price: £175.00 |
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