Isbn: 9780764318467 - English Precision Pendulum Clocks (schiffer Book for Collectors Series) (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This beautiful book presents the fascinating developments in precision time keeping in England from 1720 through the 18th and 19th centuries. The work of well-known 18th century horologists, Shelton, Ellicott, Arnold, Cumming, Earnshaw and the Vulliamys, Reid and Hardy and others are included. Their technical advances in precision pendulum clocks are documented along with the evolution of the cases they were housed in, from the early Georgian style to the classic Victorian dome-topped regulators. Over 700 color and black and white photographs and illustrations document these historically significant time regulators. They have become essential our everyday lives, aiding the industrial revolution, regulating the timetables of trains and being used by clockmakers to regulate the watches and clocks the world had come to rely on. Brand New and fast shipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Light preliminary foxing; A Schiffer Book For Collectors; B & W and colour photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 296 pages.

Condition: Sehr gut. 4°, 296 S., mit zahlreichen Farb- und s/w-Abbildungen, Text: englisch, jeansblauer original Pappband (Hardcover) in Leinenoptik, original Schutzumschlag, Farbvorsätze, die römische Ziffer "II" handschriftlich unten auf dem Schutzumschlag im Rückenbereich, kurzer Besitzervermerk (drei Worte) auf Vorsatzseite links unten, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen, ohne Eckknicke etc. und auch kein Nikotin- oder Kellergeruch. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

cm 23x31 pag. 320 ill. 214 in b/n e 541 a colori inglese.