CLOCK & BAROMETER BOOKS
Encyclopedia of Antique American Clocks
Gears For Small Mechanisms
illustrations to identify correct size wire to use. Packed with clear instructions and tips to help save time and work. • 237 pages • Illustrated • Hardback
Code C5059 Description
Horolovar Repair Guide, 10th Edition
Longitude UOM Price EACH £33.95
By R&H Swedberg
An encyclopedia of American only clocks with $ value guidance throughout the 700 photographs. Dates descriptions and heritage are given including relevant factory information. • 335 pages • BW & Colour illustrated • Softcover
Code C9268 Description
Encyclopedia of Antique American Clocks
UOM Price EACH £10.50
Finding & Restoring Longcase Clocks
By W.O. Davis
Needing little introduction this established manual examines the subject from both the practical and technical angles. Very comprehensive and well illustrated. • 344 pages • Profusely illustrated • Softcover
Code C9251 Description Gears For Small Mechanisms
UOM Price £19.90
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Hermle Clock Movement Service Manual
by David Sobel
The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human 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
Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known dilemma of the day – and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution.
By Anthony Ells
Essential advice on acquiring a Longcase either as a sources. Close up photography supports the detailed instruction on refurbishing of both movement and case.
Contents • The workings of the clock • Restoring the Clock Case, Dial and Hands • Clock Maintenance • Finding a professional Horologist • Step by Step Restoration Project • 206 Photograghs • 144 pages. • Paper Back
Code C8590 Description
Finding & Restoring Longcase Clocks
UOM Price EACH £16.95
Horolovar Repair Guide, 10th Edition
Movements
Mechanical Clock
UK’s No.1 Stockist See From Page 1292
1376 By Charles Terwilliger
Covers both mechanical & quartz. The complete book to help you repair these clocks effectively. 500
COUSINS TRADE SUPPLIER By Michael Pearson
• General Information on Servicing, Repairing, Restoring & Replacing
• Mechanical Movement Understanding • Chime & Strike Adjusting • Pendulum Movement Timekeeping Adjustment • Balance Movement Timekeeping Adjustment • Mainsprings • Special Features: Auto Shutoff / Stopworks • Cleaning & Lubricating • Information on Parts • Technical & Specialized Information
Code H31543 Description
Hermle Clock Movement Service Manual
UOM Price EACH £24.95 Code C40934
Description Longitude
UOM Price £7.65
EACH Kent Clocks And Clockmakers
The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in 1714, Parliament upped the ante by offering a king’s proved successful. Countless quacks weighed in with throughout Europe – from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton – had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution.
Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
• 192 pages • Paperback • 12.9 x 19.6cm • ISBN 978-0007214228
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