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Illustrated in black-and-white, this early out-of-print book provides a definitive survey of
PENNSYLVANIA CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS – An Epic of Early American Science, Industry, and Craftsmanship. By George Eckhardt, The Devin-Adair Co., NY, 1955 First Edition.
This scholarly survey provides a detailed account of Pennsylvania tall clocks and their European antecedents. It discusses their creators, who included Benjamin Franklin and Matthias Baldwin (of locomotive fame); of the part the clocks played in the development of Pennsylvania; of the succeeding styles in decoration, furniture, and folk art that strongly influenced their design. The book contains rare information on clock music; on the theory of clocks and their operations; on identification, appraisal, repair, and restoration; on Pennsylvania watches and watchpapers.
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A most valuable feature is the annotated lists of all known watch- and clockmakers in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania generally. Included also in a new translation of Huygens’s Horologium, written in 1658, which is the original inventor’s explanation of the new pendulum-controlled clock. The discussion of mean, solar, and sidereal time is supplemented by the text of William Molyneux’s Sciothericum Telescopium. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs and line drawings, this book will prove indispensable for libraries, students of Pennsylvania local history, historical societies, horologists and collectors of clocks and antiques.
7.25 in. x 10.25 in. hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 229 pages.
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