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'Detent': Repairing American Watches
O/P. 30 pages, reprinted 1971. An essay written by 'Detent' for the 10th Prize Essay Contest in The American Jeweler. Fine copy. (Ref: K2929 - BX14) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Deutsches Uuhrenmuseum: Made in Furtwangen - Vom Hausgewerbe zur Uhrenindustrie
O/P. 204 pages, illustrated, 2003. An interesting book showing products (mainly clocks) produced in Furtwangen during the last two centuries. A fine copy, card covers. [German language] (Ref: K4193 - G5) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Dibner (B.) & Drake (S.): A Letter from Galileo Galilei (about a Magnetic Water Clock)
O/P. 56 pages, illustrated, 1967. An interesting paper about Galileo's life and especially his problems with the Roman Catholic Church over his belief in the Copernican theory that the earth revolved around the sun; followed by a translation of a letter from Galileo to Pieresc on a magnetic clock. The clock was possibly a clepsydra with the falling water level converted to a rotary motion with a magnetic linkage causing a time indicating dial to rotate in a water bath. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: KW5213 - E1) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Diderot & D'Alembert: L'Encyclopédie - Horlogerie
O/P. 25 pages + 64 plates, 2001. A facsimile reprint of the horology section (text and plates) of the famous encyclopaedia by Diderot & D'Alembert first published in Paris in 1765. A good copy, card covers. [French language] (Ref: K2717 - F1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Dinsdale (N.V.): The Old Clockmakers of Yorkshire
O/P. 82 pages, illus., signed by author, 1946. The first book about Yorkshire clockmakers and now very hard to find. A very good copy with a worn and torn dust jacket. Card covers. (Ref: K827 - D1) in stock.
Price: £30.00 |
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Distin (W.H.) & Bishop (R.): The American Clock
O/P. 359 pages, 661 photographs, 1st edition, 1976. A comprehensive pictorial survey of American clocks in the period 1723 to 1900, with a listing of 6153 American clockmakers. A fine copy of a very useful reference book. With very good dust jacket, faded on the spine. (Ref: K1125 - S3) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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Ditisheim (P.): Influence exercée par des émanations sur la marche d'une horloge astronomique
O/P. 4 pages, No date. A paper about the effect of fumes on the running of an astronomical regulator. Fumes from the oak case affect the timekeeping of the clock. Paper covers. [French language] (Ref: K3326 - BX17) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Ditisheim (P.): Le Progrès du Réglage des Chronomètres et des Montres
O/P. 13 pages, 27 figs., 1925. An interesting paper reviewing the history and progress made in reducing/eliminating the effects of temperature variation on the timing of watches and chronometers, from Le Roy and John Harrison onwards, including the introduction of invar and elinvar. An offprint from Science Moderne. A good copy internally, the paper covers with several small tears and some loss. [French language]
* Was £15.00, now on special offer at £5.00 *
(Ref: K3325 - BX17) in stock.
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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. (Ref: K1021 - P1) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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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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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.): 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.
Price: £7.00 |
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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: £15.00 |
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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, leather spine/marbled boards complete with the original film wrapper (now with a few tears and small area of loss). (Ref: K1126 - W1) in stock.
Price: £95.00 |
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Eckhardt (G.H.): Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 229 pages, illus., an undated reprint of a book first published in 1955. A good book on Pennsylvania clocks with a detailed list of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania makers. The book also contains the music and words of Henry Clay Work's famous song "Grand-father's Clock" and a sequel to it. With poor dust jacket. (Ref: K1071 - H4) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Edwardes (E.L.): The Grandfather Clock
O/P. 165 pages, 22 plates, 1st edition, 1949. All editions of this book are different, with different illustrations, and all are worth reading. A clean copy of the first edition, light foxing to end papers, poor dust jacket. (Ref: K109 - F3) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Edwardes (E.L.): The Grandfather Clock
O/P. 271 pages, 221 plates, 3rd edition, 1971. All editions of this book are different, with different illustrations, and all are worth reading. A very good copy with good dust jacket (a little worn to edges). (Ref: K1128 - R2) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Edwardes (E.L.): The Grandfather Clock
O/P. 271 pages, 221 plates, 3rd edition, 1971. All editions of this book are different, with different illustrations, and all are worth reading. A good copy with dust jacket (with 3cm tear). (Ref: K1022 - B2) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Edwardes (E.L.): The Grandfather Clock
O/P. 270 pages, 221 plates, 3rd edition, reprinted 1976. All editions of this book are different, with different illustrations, and all are worth reading. A very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K352 - G4) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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