Pennsylvania clocks and clockmakers
Subtitle: an epic of early American science, industry, and craftsmanship.
Publisher: Bonanza Books
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Clock and watch making -- Pennsylvania.; Clock and watch makers -- Pennsylvania.
Notes: Among the facsims. are words and music for "Grandfather's clock," and "Sequel to Grandfather's clock," by Henry C. Work (p. 152-159).
Contents include:
The Pennsylvania Clock ; The Dial of Ahaz ; The Clockmacker ; Clockmakers of Pennsylvania ; The "Rules of Reason" of Pennsylvania Clocks ; The Almanac Built in the Clock ; Repair and Restoration ; Appraising ; Pennsylvania-German Folk Art and the Pennsylvania clock ; Grandfather's Clock ; Watches, Watchmakers, and Watchpapers of Pennsylvania ; Clocks and Bells of the State House ; Christaan Huygens: Horologium ; Aspects of Time ; William Molyneus : Astronomical Equation of Time : Illustrations (Sun dial ; Clepsydra ; Clepsydra designs ; Mechanical Clock ; Penn's Clocl ; Astronomical clock by David Rittenhouse ; Pendulum Clock ; Graham's escapement ; simple pendulum ; lengths of pendulum and periods of vibration ; moon's phases ; clock owned by Benjamin Franklin ; Watch papers ... etc) ; An Annotated List of the Clock - and Watchmakers of Philadelphia ; An Annotated List of the Clock - and Watchmakers of Pennsylvania (outside of Philadelphia)