Clocks and Watches (eBook)

George L. Overton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
142 Seiten
Read Books Ltd. (Verlag)
978-1-4733-3944-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocks and watches, with historical information, descriptions of their inner workings, details of notable horologists, and much more. This volume is highly recommended for amateur horologists and those with an interest in time, watches, and clocks. Contents include: "Time", "Primitive Methods of Time Measurement", "The Pendulum and Clock Escapements", "The Balance Spring and Watch Escapements", "The Balance Spring and Watch Escapements", "General Mechanisms", "Striking Mechanisms", "Temperature Compensation", "The Chronometer and Famous English Horologists", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches. First published in first published in 1922.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Schlagworte: clocks clockmakers cases • history pocket wrist stop • hobby collector handbook • horologist library guide • manual glossary dial old • vintage antique horology • watches watchmakers early
• ISBN-10: 1-4733-3944-8 / 1473339448
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4733-3944-6 / 9781473339446