THE HOROLOGY
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 100 rare, out-of-print books and documents compiled together
for the first time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of clocks, watches,
assorted time pieces & horology.
From ancient sun dials and
public church clocks to pocket watches and rare vintage time pieces, this
collection has it all. Read about the history
of time keeping, clock and watch making as well as time piece adjustment and
repair. Study the art of mechanical movements, horological methods and the
polishing, plating and engraving of metals. Also included are vintage
catalogues from various watchmakers as well as several rare volumes of “The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician” and “American horological
journal – devoted to practical horology” providing a fascinating insight into
horology during the late 19th century. Overall, this is an absolute
must for anyone with an interest in clock and watch repair, the history of
time-keeping, collecting rare time-pieces, etc. The full list of titles
included speaks for itself….
Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material for anyone with an interest in horology!
This superb compilation of
111 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and
fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been
scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on
your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also
print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are written in English
with several additional texts in French and German.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
20th century
catalogue of supplies for watchmakers, jewelers and kindred trades by J. H.
Purdy & Co. (1899)
A book of
sundial mottoes by A. H. Hyatt (1903)
A catalogue
of books, manuscripts, specimens of clocks, watches and watchwork, paintings,
prints, &c., in the library and museum of the Worshipful company of
clockmakers (1875)
A Contrivance
to Avoid the Irregularities in a Clock's Motion, Occasion'd by the Action of
Heat and Cold upon the Rod of the Pendulum by G. Graham (1753)
A Description
of a Clepsydra or Water-Clock (1753)
A Description
of Two Methods, by Which the Irregularity of the Motion of a Clock, Arising
from the Influence of Heat and Cold upon the Rod of the Pendulum, May be
Prevented by J. Ellicott (1753)
A history of
Simon Willard, inventor and clockmaker by J. W. Willard (1911)
A New Method
of Constructing Sun-Dials, for Any Given Latitude, without the Assistance of
Dialing Scales or Logarithmic Calculations by J. Ferguson (1767)
A new system
of electric clocks - its principles and advantages by L. H. Spellier (1886)
A practical
and theoretical treatise on the detached lever escapement for watches and time
pieces (1884)
A practical
course in horology (1944)
A rudimentary
treatise on clock and watch making (1850)
A Rudimentary
Treatise on Clocks, Watches and Bells (1903)
Abbott's
American watchmaker and jeweler - an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler,
gold and silversmith by H. G. Abbott (1898)
Account of
improvements in chronometers, made by Mr. John Sweetman Eiffe (1842)
Accutron
Service Manual Series 214 (1969)
Accutron
Service Manual Series 218 (1969)
American
horological journal, devoted to practical horology (Volumes 1 - 4) (1869)
An analysis
of the lever escapement (1910)
Bangerter's
inventions - his marvelous time clock (1911)
Breguet
(1747-1823) by D. Salomons (1921)
Catalog of
clocks and bronzes (1882)
Chats on old
clocks (1917)
Clocks and
watches (1922)
Collection of
watches loaned to the Metropolitan museum of art of the city of New York (1907)
Comparative
performance of watches with elinvar and with steel hairsprings - Bureau of
Standards Journal of Research, Vol. 12, No. 4 by R. E. Gould (1934)
Computation
of time (1879)
Description
of an Escapement for an Astronomical Clock, Invented by the Late Captain Henry
Kater by E. Kater (1840)
Description
of the universal time dial regulator (1874)
Die Hemmungen
der Uhren, ihre Entwicklung, Konstruktion, Reparatur und Behandlung vor der
Reglage (1905)
Directions
for using Bottum's patent improved universal lathe chucks and improved lathes,
for turning and finishing every description of watch pivots, pinions, staffs
(1852)
Essai sur
l'horlogerie Vols. 1 & 2 par F. Bertoud (1763)
Five hundred
and seven mechanical movements by H. T. Brown (1908)
Friction,
lubrication and the lubricants in horology (1896)
History of
the American clock business for the past sixty years (1860)
Horlogerie -
contenant soixante-quatre planches par R. Bernard (1765)
Horological
Department by Bradley Polytechnic Institute (1918)
Horological
Department by Bradley Polytechnic Institute (1920)
How to find
the time at sea in less than a minute; being new and accurate methods (1918)
How to keep
the clock right by observations of the fixed stars with a small telescope
(1869)
Isochronism
of balance springs (1862)
Jeweled
bearings for watches (1911)
Lancaster's Part in
the World's Watchmaking Industry by J. J. Bowman (1945)
Modern letter
engraving in theory and practice; a manual for the use of watchmakers, jewelers
and other metal engravers (1898)
Modern
methods in horology (1904)
New and
complete clock and watchmakers' manual (1860)
Old clocks
and watches & their makers (1904)
Old clocks
and watches & their makers (1922)
Old Scottish
clockmakers from 1453 to 1850 (1921)
On a New
Astronomical Clock, and a Pendulum Governor for Uniform Motion - article by A.
W. Thompson (1868)
On the
springing and adjusting of watches (1898)
Ordnance
Maintenance - Wrist Watches, Pocket Watches, Stop Watches, and Clocks (April 6,
1945)
Pendulum
Clocks and Their Errors - article by H. Mallock (1911)
Practical
lessons on the lever escapement, its tests, errors, their detection and
correction (1916)
Precise time
synchronization of widely separated clocks (1959)
Primitive sun
dials or scratch dials; containing a list of those in Somerset by D. E. Horne (1917)
Rules and
practice for adjusting watches (1920)
Secrets of
the trade. For watchmakers and jewelers by Collins & Clifton (1892)
Some
considerations on the subject of public clocks, particularly church clocks by
B. L. Vulliamy (1828)
The American
watchmaker and jeweler (1868)
The American
watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith
(1891)
The book of
old sundials by T. N. Foulis (1922)
The clock
jobber's handybook a practical manual on cleaning, repairing and adjusting;
embracing information on the tools, materials, appliances and processes
employed in clockwork (1889)
The evolution
of automatic machinery as applied to the manufacture of watches at Waltham, Mass.
(1896)
The modern
clock; a study of time keeping mechanism; its construction, regulation, and
repair (1905)
The polishing
and plating of metals (1904)
The story of
Edward Howard and the first American watch (1910)
The timepiece
of shadows - a history of the sun dial by H. S. Spackman (1895)
The tower
clock and how to make it (1903)
The watch.
Hand work versus machinery, their merits and defects explained and compared.
History of watch making by both systems (1877)
The watch
adjuster's manual (1904)
The watch and
the clock (1883)
The watch
balance and its jeweling (1912)
The watch
factories of America,
past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 (1888)
The watch
jobber's handybook A practical manual on
cleaning, repairing & adjusting
embracing information on the tools, materials, appliances and processes
employed in watchwork (1889)
The watch;
its construction, its merits and defects, how to choose it, and how to use it
(1860)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 1 - 2 June 1875 -
June 1877)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 3 - 4 July 1877 -
May 1879)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 5 - 6 July 1879 -
June 1881)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 7 - 8 July 1881 -
June 1883)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 9 - 10 July 1883
- June 1885)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 12 July 1886 -
June 1887)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 13 July 1887 -
June 1888)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 14 July 1888 -
June 1889)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 15 July 1889 -
June 1890)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 16 July 1890 -
June 1891)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 17 July 1891 -
June 1892)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 18 July 1892 -
June 1893)
The
Watchmaker & jeweller, silversmith & optician (Volume 19 July 1893 -
June 1894)
The
watchmaker's and jeweler's hand-book (1866)
The
watchmakers' lathe, its use and abuse; a story of the lathe in its various
forms, past and present, its construction and proper uses (1903)
Time and its
measurement (1909)
Time and
time-tellers (1875)
Time as
dimension and history (1945)
Time telling
through the ages (1919)
Tower Clocks
(1911)
Traité de
l'horlogerie, méchanique et pratique
approuvé par l'Academie royale des sciences (Vols. 1 & 2) (1741)
U.S. patents
covering time keeping mechanisms (1892)
Uhren, ein
handbuch für sammler und liebhaber (1922)
Watch and
clock escapements (1904)
Watch makers
tables (1914)
Watches - the
Paul M. Chamberlain collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (1921)
Watches at
wholesale prices by McFarlane & Co. (1890)
Watchmaker's
and jeweler's practical hand book. A reliable compendium of valuable receipts
and suggestions (1892)
Watchmakers'
and jewelers' practical receipt book. A workshop companion (1892)
Wholesale
pocket price list of the largest watch house in America (188-)
An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in horology, watches, clocks and the history of
time-keeping – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small
price!
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