English domestic clocks / Herbert Cescinsky & Malcolm R. Webster ; illustrated from drawings & photographs by the authors.
By: Cescinsky, Herbert.
Contributor(s): Webster, Malcolm R.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Spring Books, 1969Description: 354 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.ISBN: 0600008975.Subject(s): Clocks -- EnglandDDC classification: 681.113Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
The problem of the measurement of time -- The law of the pendulum -- The regulation of domestic clocks -- The mechanism of clocks -- Brass lantern or "birdcage" clocks -- The development of long-case clock dials -- The development of clock hands -- Long-case clocks from 1670 to 1740 -- Lacquered cases of long clocks -- Long-case clocks from 1760 to 1800 -- The decline of the long-case clock -- Chippendale and Sheraton clock cases -- Bracket clocks from 1670 to 1800 -- Mural and cartel clocks.