Curiosities of Clocks and Watches from the earliest TimesBoD – Books on Demand, 2021 M12 17 - 456 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1866. |
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
CONTENTS | 8 |
CHAPTER VI | 34 |
CHAPTER II | 42 |
CurionGrifin Clock WaterClock Frankfort Clock James I | 85 |
Equation Clock Mean TimeClock at Warwick Clocks in South | 118 |
CHAPTER V | 145 |
Btollenwerk Clock at Stowe Shakespeare Clock Renaisance Clock | 188 |
CHAPTER VII | 227 |
CHAPTER VIII | 264 |
CHAPTER IX | 306 |
CHAPTER X | 340 |
Mechanical Details of Watches Divisions in the Watchmaking | 370 |
got a Watch from a Thief Watch with Lettered Dial How | 390 |
relio of the Franklin Expedition | 408 |
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