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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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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.
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Divis (J.): Guide to Silver Marks of the World
O/P. 246 pages, illustrated, 1992. A useful guide to silver marks used by different towns, cities and countries around the world. The book will help identify the town or country of origin of the piece and the period when that mark was used. Other reference books will be needed for makers marks and date code stamps. Very good copy, with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K5144 - K1) in stock.
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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: £25.00 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Price: £9.00 |
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
Price: £35.00 |
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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.
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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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 | 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.
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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.
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