Clock British Longcase Clocks


The longcase clock has been a part of the Englishman’s home for some 300 years and has gained a place in his heart seldom if ever achieved by any other domestic item. In Derek Roberts’s important new book, readers find a wealth of valuable information detailing the British origins, evolution, and wide range of longcase clocks that have been produced since the sixteenth century. In twenty chapters Mr. Roberts provides a detailed overview of many facets of these beautiful and useful art works, including early square dial, rare, astronomical and equation clocks, walnut breakarch longcase clocks (and those in other woods), and thirty-hour clocks.


Clock and Watch Companies 1700’s-2000’s


This two-volume set is an essential reference work dedicated to clock companies that have kept time for us from the late 1600s through the early 2000s. The comprehensive text ex- plores mechanical and electric clock companies; clock retail and part supplier firms; clock related foundry companies; clock label printers; and trademarks, trade names, and brand names.


• 400 pages • Hard back


£67.95 Ref: C40933


• 880 pages • Hard back • 22 x 29cm


£99.95 Ref: C40667


Longitude


The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong.


‘Sobel has done the impossible and made horology sexy – no mean feat’ New Scientist


Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.


£7.95 Ref: C40934


• 192 pages • Paperback • 12.9 x 19.6cm


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