English Clocks (eBook)

800 Years of Innovation

John Cronin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
176 Seiten
The Crowood Press (Verlag)
978-0-7198-4505-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Clockmaking in England has a long and illustrious history, from the first clocks in medieval monasteries, through the Renaissance to the 'Golden Age' of the 17th and 18th centuries and into the modern world of mass production. This book is an introduction to the innovations pioneered by English horologists and scientists, who led a revolution in clock design, transforming astronomy and navigation that was essential to the making of the modern world. Alongside these developments, English craftsmen produced timepieces of unrivalled beauty and quality, many of which are now treasured antiques.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.6.2025
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: Ahasuerus Fromanteel • anchor escapement • Astronomical Clocks • Balance spring • carriage clock • cathedral clocks • Christiaan Huygens • Chronometer • clock • clockmaking • clockmaking tools • constant force springs • Cotehele Clock • count wheel striking • Domestic Clocks • early clocks • Edmund Dennison • E J Dent • Eli Terry • Enfield Clock Co. • escapement • finding longitude • Garrard Engineering & Manufacturing Company • Gear train • Geroge Graham • Giovani de Dondi • Golden Age • Hampton Court Clock • horologist • horology • Jefferies Watch • John Flamsteed • John Harrison • Lantern clocks • longcase clock • Mechanical timekeeping • medieval clockmakers • Navigation • navigational instruments • Nicholas Oursian • pendulum • provincial clocks • public clocks • Robret Hooke • Royal Observatory • Royal Society • Salisbury Clock • Saloman Coster • Seth Thomas • solar and siderial time • striking mechanisms • strut clock • Su Song • synchronome clocks • The Great Bell • the Great Westminster Clock • Thomas Dallam • Thomas Mercer. • Thomas Tompion • time controller • verge escapement • weight-driven clocks • wheel cutting • William Clement • Worshipful Company Clockmakers
• ISBN-10: 0-7198-4505-X / 071984505X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7198-4505-5 / 9780719845055