Horology; The Science of Time Measurement and the Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers, by J. Eric Haswell.
by Haswell, J. Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0715811460
- ISBN 13
- 9780715811467
- Seller
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Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1976. Hard Cover. xvi, 288 p., 19 plates, 107 illus., index; 23 cm. Facsimile reprint of 1st ed., London, Chapman & Hall, 1928. Contents include Measurement; Recording; Pendulums; Clock Escapements; Trains, Motion Works & Gearing; Weight-driven Clocks; Spring-driven Clocks; Striking & Chiming Mechanisms; Calendars, Alarums & Supplementary Devices; Electrical Clocks; Types of Movements; Watch Trains; Balances & Balance-springs; Watch Escapements; Mainspring, Fusees & Going Barrels; Keyless Mechanisms; Chronographs & Stop Watches; Repeating Mechanisms; Epicyclic Trains; Chronometer Trains, Escapements, Balances & other Data; Supplement included in 1937 ed. Orange pictorial dj; ink owner stamp on flyleaf; small tan drip & embossed owner mark on t.p.; VG. Stock#43398.
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- Bookseller
- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43398
- Title
- Horology; The Science of Time Measurement and the Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers, by J. Eric Haswell.
- Author
- Haswell, J. Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715811460
- ISBN 13
- 9780715811467
- Publisher
- Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1976
- Place of Publication
- Wakefield
- This edition first published
- June 1976
- Keywords
- Timepieces
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles: Antiques;
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