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Mercer (V.): The Life and letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors

Mercer (V.): The Life and letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors
O/P. 829 pages, 154 plates, 1st edition 1977. This is the standard reference work on the life and work of Edward John Dent the famous chronometer maker, with details of his successors in the business right up to the time the book was written. A very good copy with good dust jacket.

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(Ref: K3997 - W1)

Price: £420.00
Mercer (V.): The Life and letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors

Mercer (V.): The Life and letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors
O/P. 829 pages, 154 plates, 1st edition 1977. This is the standard reference work on the life and work of Edward John Dent the famous chronometer maker, with details of his successors in the business right up to the time the book was written. A good copy (with a few annotations on end papers and to the text, bookplate on ffep) with good dust jacket (wear to all edges).

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(Ref: K4938 - Z3)

Price: £295.00

Mesnage ( M.P.): Collections d'Horlogerie
O/P. 63 pages, 10 plates, 1955. A catalogue of the clocks watches and other horological items at the Musées de Besançon. Card covers. [French language] (Ref: K3263 - T1)

Price: £10.00

Meyer (P.) & Millot (P.): La Comptabilité de l'Horloger-Bijoutier et les nouvelles lois fiscales
O/P. 332 pages, 2 folding tables, 1918. A book on accountancy for clockmakers, watchmakers and jewellers published following the introduction of new tax laws in France in 1916 and 1917. Card covers. [French language.] (Ref: K1266 - E5)

Price: £15.00

Meyrick (R.): Time Measurement Instruments
O/P. 46 pages, illus., 1979. The catalogue of the John Gershom Parkington Memorial Collection of Time Measurement Instruments in Bury St. Edmunds. This collection has some fine clocks and is well worth a visit. Good copy, soft covers. (Ref: K210 - BX5)

Price: £6.00

Middleton (W.E.K.): A History of the Thermometer and Its Uses in Meteorology

Middleton (W.E.K.): A History of the Thermometer and Its Uses in Meteorology
NEW. 249 pages, figures, originally published in 1966 this is the recent paperback reprint. An interesting work on thermometers and thermometer scales and also a learned tome for weather buffs. Paperback. (Ref: N1801)

Price: £18.00

Middleton (W.E. K.): The History of the Barometer
S/H. 489 pages, lots of figures, the 1994 reprint of a book first published in 1964. This is an excellent detailed account of the barometer from its invention by Torricelli in the 1640's and all the improvements made up to about 1950. Mercury barometers and barographs are studied in detail, as is the development of aneroid mechanisms. The appendix describes the more important barometers studied by the author in museums and institutions around the world. A very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K2069 - F6)

Price: £18.00

Midleton (A.) & Miles (R.H.): Working Time

Midleton (A.) & Miles (R.H.): Working Time
O/P. 18 pages, illustrated, 1994. The catalogue of an exhibition held at the Manor House Museum Bury St Edmunds, focussing on clocks used in the workplace in the 19th and 20th century. A fine copy, card covers.

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(Ref: K2745 - F7)

Price: £1.00

Migeon (G.): Catalogue de la Collection Paul Garnier - Horloges et Montres, Ivoire et Plaquettes
O/P. 112 pages, 48 plates, 1917. This famous collection, which includes 63 watches and 3 table clocks, was donated to the Louvre Museum by Paul Garnier (son of the man of early carriage clock fame) in 1916. The watches, all dating from the 16th & 17th centuries, are mostly by French makers. A good copy with original card covers, now worn to head and foot of spine. [French language]

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(Ref: K212 - J1)

Price: £20.00

Miles (R.H.A.) (Translator): The Bulle-Clock of Favre-Bulle, a Practical Manual

Miles (R.H.A.) (Translator): The Bulle-Clock of Favre-Bulle, a Practical Manual
O/P. 55 pages, illus., reprinted 2012. An English translation of a practical manual published by Favre-Bulle circa 1929. The book describes the design principles of the Bulle electric clock and the practical aspects of checking, testing and adjusting the movement and the electrical circuit. If you have the clock, you need the book! Soft covers. (Ref: N213)

Price: £20.00
Miles (R.H.A.) & Ridout (M.): Brillié Electric Clocks

Miles (R.H.A.) & Ridout (M.): Brillié Electric Clocks
NEW. [98 pages], illustrated, 2007. This book published by the AHS's Electrical Horology Group is an English translation of several original French product catalogues, installation and set up notes, and a fault-finding guide. The catalogues cover a wide range of Brillié clocks and the notes on operation, installation and fault finding will be of use to restorers. Soft covers. (Ref: N1427)

Price: £15.00
Miles (R.H.A.): Synchronome - Masters of Electrical Timekeeping

Miles (R.H.A.): Synchronome - Masters of Electrical Timekeeping
NEW. 274 pages, over 300 illustrations, revised 2nd edition, reprinted 2021. The book contains a small number of revisions and corrections to the first edition which was published in 2011. A well researched and comprehensive work on the Synchronome company, their master clock in all its forms and variants, and their slave dials and ancillary equipment. The book also has chapters on the development of the precision clock by William Hamilton Shortt with a list of all known Shortt clocks, the detail of their order-book specification, original location and subsequent history where known. The book is the standard reference work on Synchronome and Shortt - Synchronome clocks. With dust jacket. (Ref: N5167)

Price: £39.50
Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III

Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III
NEW. 420 pages, illustrated, 2000. An excellent study of the scientific instrument business founded by George Adams in 1734 and continued by his sons George junior and Dudley until 1817. Adams made some of the finest instruments of the 18th century and wrote several technical books. This book reproduces several catalogues by Adams and has a detailed list of publications by the family. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1373)

Price: £80.00

Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III
S/H. 420 pages, illustrated, 2000. An excellent study of the scientific instrument business founded by George Adams in 1734 and continued by his sons George junior and Dudley until 1817. Adams made some of the finest instruments of the 18th century and wrote several technical books. This book reproduces several catalogues by Adams and has a detailed list of publications by the family. Very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K2922 - M2)

Price: £65.00

Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'

Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'
O/P. 244 pages, frontis, 8 plates, 7 figs., 1976. Martin was a teacher, author, lecturer - demonstrator and started a scientific instrument making business in London. Martin also wrote tracts on table clocks and dialling as well as designing and making at least two clocks. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (faded to spine). This book is now hard to find.

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(Ref: K3020 - P1)

Price: £160.00

Millburn (J.R.): Retailer of the Sciences - Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756 - 82
O/P. 95 pages, 51 figs, limited to 500 copies only, 1986. Benjamin Martin was one of the first retailers of scientific instruments, the catalogues collated here show the wide range of instruments he could supply and their prices. The book also includes the auction sale of his stock in 1782. A very good copy. (Ref: K4224 - D2)

Price: £50.00

Miller (J.): Miller's Clocks & Barometers Buyers Guide
O/P. 321 pages, illustrated, 1998. Illustrations and brief descriptions of all types of clocks with an indication of their then value. A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K2265 - G6)

Price: £5.00

Miller (J.J.): Rare and Unusual Black Forest Clocks

Miller (J.J.): Rare and Unusual Black Forest Clocks
NEW. 304 pages, 721 colour illustrations, 2012. A well illustrated new book about the rarer and more unusual Black Forest clocks - small or musical or with automata or with other complications. The appendices of the book are a reprint of various important original catalogues produced by Black Forest casemakers (including carvers) and clockmakers, including Johann Baptist Beha. With dust jacket. (Ref: N2719)

Price: £85.00

Millett Wood (E.A.): The Mechanical Clock Industry in Great Britain
O/P. 12 pages, 1954. The papers sub-title is: Questions and Answers for Manufacturers, Importers, Wholesalers, Retailers. A summary of a report commissioned by the British Clock and Watch Manufacturing Association concerning the post war organisation of the clock and watch trade. Fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K5182 - BX7)

Price: £4.00

Mills (A.): An Introduction to the History of Timekeeping - The Leicester Time -Trail
O/P. 24 pages, 29 figures, map, no date. An introduction to timekeeping, explaining the 13 public clocks and sundials viewable on a short walk around Leicester city centre. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3990 - BX18)

Price: £2.00


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