Precision Pendulum Clocks - The Quest for Accurate Timekeeping


Author: Derek Roberts

224 pages, profusely illustrated, many in colour.

This beautiful book relates the incredible story of how leading clockmakers, primarily of England, struggled to achieve accurate timekeeping for over 300 years.

A remarkably thorough yet concise text, by several of today's leading horologists, is accompanied by nearly 300 photographs of clocks, which demonstrate each fascinating development. From museums of international significance, as well as private collections worldwide, the best example of each new invention to establish accurate timekeepers is illustrated and recorded here.

Chapters are devoted to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich and many of the brilliant men of science who made instruments and provided timekeepers.