Articles published in Antiquarian Horology Volumes 1-29 December 1953 - June 2008

VOLUME 1 1953

Vol.1/1 Roll of Founder members ...... 3 No Real Night by H Alan Lloyd ...... 4 An Unorthodox by C S Jagger...... 6 The Tower of Babel by John W Castle ...... 7

Vol.1/2 A neglected Chapter by T P Camerer Cuss ...... 10 A Viennese Flower-Vase by Dr H von Bertele ...... 13 Bejamin Lewis Vulliamy by S Benson Beevers ...... 15 15th & 16th Century by C B Drover...... 17 Early Clockmakers by Dr C F C Beeson ...... 19

Vol.1/3 The Huygens Collection by F A B Ward ...... 23 The Pinchbecks by F H Knowles-Brown ...... 26 Captain Cook’s Cabin Clock by R K Foulkes ...... 29 The Percy Webster Collection by James Oakes ...... 31 Ancient Turret Clocks – Lecture notes given by R P Howgrave-Graham...... 33 W D’s Dial by C F C Beeson ...... 34

Vol.1/4 Robert Seignior by Cedric S Jagger ...... 39 Clocks of the Netherlands by E J Tyler ...... 44 Clock Masterpieces by Ronald A Lee ...... 47 The Earliest Clock Illustration by C B Drover ...... 49 Tompion report of informal discussion ...... 50

Vol.1/5 A Medieval Monastic Water-Clock by C B Drover ...... 54 Automatic Music in Miniature by John E T Clark ...... 59 Samuel Watson by H Alan Lloyd ...... 60 The Percy Webster Collection by James Oakes ...... 62 New light on Ancient Turret Clocks by R P Howgrave-Graham ...... 64 The Tic-Tac by D W Parkes ...... 66

Vol.1/6 Planetaria by Dr C A Crommelin ...... 70 Benjamin Gray by S Benson-Beevers ...... 76 A Tompion Broadsheet by C A Ilbert ...... 78 Watch and Clockmakers’ Design Books by J F Hayward...... 80 Dondi’s by H A Alan Lloyd ...... 83 Vol.1/7 Mechanical Pictures by T P Camerer Cuss ...... 89 The Webster Family by Bruce Maclean ...... 93 Talks at Informal Meeting by F W Palmer & C Janca ...... 97 The Farmyard Cock by Col A S Bates ...... 99

Vol.1/8 Tompion & Graham Timepieces by R K Foulkes...... 105 The Webster family (Conclusion) by Bruce Maclean ...... 109 The Jaquemart Clock of by John W Castle ...... 113 A Rare Portable Sundial by F A B Ward ...... 115

Vol.1/9 Equation Clock Inventions of Jos. Williamson by H V Bertele ...... 123 Five Centuries of British Timekeeping by Cecil Clutton ...... 128 George Etherington by Cedric Jagger ...... 133 Two Interesting Discoveries in the Gershom Parkington collection by S Benson Beevers ...... 136

Vol.1/10 Francois Justin Vulliamy by S Benson Beevers ...... 142 Visits to the Great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 146 A Sussex Turret Clock by Rev A J Nixseaman ...... 148 Thomas Dallam’s Organ Clock by C B Drover ...... 150 Chinese Astronomical Clockwork by Dr J Needham ...... 153

Vol.1/11 A Turret Clock by W Clement by F A B Ward ...... 159 The Rt Hon Lord Harris ...... 160 John Thwaites by G E T Buggins & E B M Devereux ...... 161 Congreve Clocks by T A S Drake ...... 164 Visits to Great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 165 An interesting Equation Dial by H Alan Lloyd ...... 167 Courtenay A Ilbert ...... 168

Vol.1/12 Urban Jurgensen by Cedric Jagger ...... 177 Visits to great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 181 An Unusual Watch by T P Camerer Cuss ...... 183 Huygens Tercentenary Exhibition...... 185 Halleicher’s Singing Clock by John W Castle ...... 187

VOLUME 2 1956

Vol.2/1 & the West-Country Clocks by R P Howgrave-Graham ...... 2 Visits to Great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 8 An early Tompion Timepiece by J Burleigh James ...... 12 The Origin of the Differential Gear by H v Bertele...... 14 Tercentenary Exhibition ...... 16 Vol.2/2 Early New England Clocks by Wm King Covell ...... 21 Huygen’s Tercentenary Exhibition by Michael Hurst ...... 25 Visits to Great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 29 Benjamin Vulliamy by S Benson-Beevers ...... 31

Vol.2/3 Bohemian Clock by Dr H v Bertele ...... 41 The Wadham College Clock by Dr C F C Beeson ...... 47 Visits to Great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 51 Lady Fielding’s Watch repairs by Alan Lloyd ...... 53

Vol.2/4 The AHS in Switzerland by F Knowles-Brown ...... 60 Musical Boxes and Automata by Graham Hodgetts ...... 65 Visits to Great Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 70 Extracts from in 1710 ...... 76

Vol.2/5 Swiss Turret Clocks by C F C Beeson ...... 78 in Switzerland by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 82 Visits to Collections by Cecil Clutton ...... 86 18th Century Whimsy by John W Castle ...... 89 Novel Striking Mechanism by H P R Wallbridge ...... 90 Automata at Salisbury by R P Howgrave-Graham ...... 91

Vol.2/6 Richard Greene’s Litchfield Museum by Cedric Jagger ...... 98 A Tompion Travelling Clock by R K Foulkes ...... 103 Visits to Collections - The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Cecil Clutton ...... 106 AHS Visit to the ...... 109

Vol.2/7 The Winterthur Astronomical Clock, by K. Kellenburger ...... 118 Cumberland's first Horologist, by John B. Penfold ...... 122 Sir William Congreve's Free , by Cecil Clutton ...... 125 Leonardo da Vinci and the Clock of Giovanni de Dondi by Derek J. de S. Price ...... 127 A Gravity Escapement, by K. Younghusband ...... 129

Vol.2/8 The Clock and the Pendulum, by Enrico Morpurg ...... 138 Some West Country Clockmakers, by J.K. Bellchambers ...... 144 Astrology and the Clock, by A.K. Soper ...... 146 Visits to collections (Lord Harris and Bernard Watkins) ...... 148

Vol.2/9 The Ilbert Collection ...... 160 Watches by Cecil Clutton ...... 174 Vol.2/10 Visits to Collections Cecil Clutton ...... 187 Cuckoo Clocks by T P Camerer Cuss ...... 190 Liechti Clocks by Hans v Bertele ...... 195 The Elskamp Collection by F A B Ward ...... 198

Vol.2/11 1959 Clocks in Russian Museums, by Ernest Zinner ...... 206 Visits to Collections, by Cecil Clutton ...... 210 Journeyman Clocks, by Norman Rabson ...... 212 Rev William Ludlum's Clock, by H. Alan Lloyd ...... 215 Marriage Allegations of 17th Cent Clockmakers ...... 220

Vol.2/12 1959 AHS tour of Germany, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 227 Visits to Collections, by Cecil Clutton ...... 232 The Burgundy Clock, by H. Alan Lloyd ...... 235 Early Clock Discovery, by H. v. Bertele ...... 237

VOLUME 3 1959

Vol. 3/1 Gossage's Patent Alarum, by Cedric Jagger ...... 6 Japanese Clocks, by P.G. Coole ...... 8 Visits to Collections, by Cecil Clutton ...... 14 Turret Clocks on the German tour, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 17 Marriage Allegations by F.K. Challen ...... 19 Clockmaking in Malta, by H. Alan Lloyd ...... 22

Vol.3/2 Watches seen on the German Tour, by T.P.C. Cuss...... 36 History of the Pendulum Watch by Bernard Caillard ...... 41 17th Century Nun Watchmakers, by C.C. Baines...... 43 Mudges in the West Country, by J.K. Bellchambers ...... 45 Second Mudge Lever Watch, by Cecil Clutton ...... 47

Vol.3/3 Sand-glass Sand, by C.B. Drover P.A. Sabine, C. Tyler & P.G. Coole ...... 62 Izaac Thuret, by George Foster ...... 73 Visits to Collections, by Cecil Clutton ...... 76

Vol.3/4 Conical , by T.A.S. Drake ...... 94 and Bellfounding, by Douglas Hughe ...... 96 The Ellicotts, by R.K. Foulkes ...... 102 Vol.3/5 King Edward III’s Clocks, by R. Allen Brown ...... 124 Two early Lever Watches, by Cecil Clutton ...... 127 Clocks at the Antique Dealers Fair ...... 130 John Knibb, by C.F.C.Beeson ...... 132 An unusual Austrian Plate Clock, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 136

Vol.3/6 The Yellow Emperors South Pointing Chariot, by A.C. Bird ...... 152 An Ample Year for Watch Collectors, by Cedric Jagger ...... 155 Marriage Allegations ...... 163 American Clocks, 1780-1840, by Donald K. Packard ...... 164 A Watch by S.M., by T.P. Camerer Cuss ...... 168 The Origin of the Mystery Clock, by C. Blair and F.A.B. Ward ...... 170 Larcum Kendall's Pivoted Detent Escapement, by Cecil Clutton ...... 172

Vol.3/7 Horology at Burlington House Part II ...... 174 An Ample Year for Watch Collectors, by Cedric Jagger ...... 188 Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio's Astronomical Clock of 1364, by H. Alan Lloyd ...... 197 Some European Anticipations of American Clock Features by E.J. Tyler...... 200 Late 19th Century Hand Watch Making ...... 205 Josiah Emery's No 1 Marine Timekeeper, by Cecil Clutton ...... 206 Knibb and the , by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 208 Postscript to German Tour 1959 ...... 210

Vol.3/8 Did Julien Le Roy make the first detached , by Robert A. Miles ...... 224 The Austrian Tour, by Cecil Clutton ...... 231 A Victorian Mystery Clock, by Anthony Bird...... 236

Vol.3/9 AHS Austrian Tour, Watches by Robert H.A. Miles ...... 252 AHS Austrian Tour, Turret Clocks by C.F.C. Beeson...... 255 AHS Austrian Tour, Clocks by F.A.B. Ward ...... 257 The Dennison and Wheeler Watch Collections by Cedric Jagger ...... 262 The Chronometer Experiment by W.J. Gazeley ...... 267

Vol.3/10 Old Turret Clocks in Surrey, T.O. Robinson East Horsley and Yateley ...... 265 1962 The Dennison and Wheeler Watch collections (Part II)by Cedric Jagger ...... 284 Some New Documents in the History of Horology, by Henri Michel ...... 288 The Turret Clocks of Rye Church, by E.J. Tyler...... 292 Henricus Jones Londini, by Percy G. Dawson ...... 298

Vol.3/11 1962 Peter Litherland and Co, by Dr Vaudrey Mercer...... 316 Rye Church Clock...... 324 Clocks in Early Churchwarden's Accounts, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 325 The King of Spain's Watch, by George Daniels ...... 328 The First Mechanical Escapement, by Cecil Clutton ...... 332 Vol.3/12 1962 An Early Medieval , by Francis Maddison, Bryan Scott and Alan Kent ...... 348 The Life of William Clement, by John B. Penfold ...... 354 The Miniature, by C.B. Drover ...... 357 The 15th Century Clock at Cotehele House, by Cecil Clutton...... 362 Sundials, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 365

VOLUME 4 1962

Vol.4/1 English Provincial Clockmaking, by Ernest L. Edwardes ...... 8 Directions for the Management of a Watch ...... 16 The Will of Isaack Pluvier, by John C. Stevens ...... 18 Prest's Keyless Work, by L.E. Christmas ...... 23

Vol.4/2 Charles Gretton, by John C. Stevens ...... 40 Some Notes on the Prest Family, by C.A. Osborne ...... 46 A Watch by Thomas Prest, by L.E. Christmas ...... 47 A Clock by Samuel Aldworth, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 48 Antiquarian Horology in Namur, by H. von Bertele ...... 50

Vol.4/3 The Astronomical Clock of , by the late John W. Castle ...... 72 French Carriage Clocks, by A.B. Dickie...... 77 Time, Ships and Civilisation, by D.W. Waters ...... 81 Some Tudor Clockmakers, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 86 Some Notes on the Arnold Family, by C.A. Osborne ...... 89

Vol.4/4 The 1963 AHS Tour of Northern Italy & Switzerland, by T.P. Camerer Cuss ...... 106 Julien Le Roy's Lever Revived, by Cecil Clutton ...... 108 Early Timekeepers at Sea, by Susanna Nockolds ...... 110 A Chronometer Deck Watch by Brockbanks, by L.E. Christmas ...... 114 Clock and Watchmaking in Deptford, Greenwich and Lewisham, by C.A. Osborne ...... 116 A Clock-Watch by John Barnett London ...... 118

Vol.4/5 Clocks seen on the Swiss Italian Tours 1963, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 134 Wood Framed Church Clocks, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 139 Early Timekeepers at Sea (Continued), by Susanna Nockolds ...... 148

Vol.4/6 1964 Andre‚ Hessen's Verge Lever Escapement, by Dr Vaudrey Mercer...... 170 An Interesting Barraud Chronometer, by Robert H. A. Miles...... 173 The Ancient Town Hall Clock of Prague in Changing Times, by Dr Karl Fischer ...... 174 The Great Clock of Prague, by the late John W. Castle ...... 176 Watches seen on the Swiss and Italian Tours, by Robert H. A. Miles ...... 178 Clock shown in 17th Century Carving, by G.B. Hodgetts ...... 182 Vol.4/7 The Knibb Family, Clockmakers, by Ronald A. Lee ...... 201 The Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, by P.G. Coole ...... 210 Watch By E.F. Ashley, by L.E. Christmas ...... 212 Deck Watch by Margetts, by L.E. Christmas ...... 216 Visit to Chester...... 217

Vol.4/8 The Knibb Family, Clockmakers, by Ronald A. Lee ...... 232 A Watch by Charles Frodsham, by L.E. Christmas ...... 239 Derbyshire Clockmakers before 1850, by W. Douglas White...... 240 The History of Timing and Regulating, by W.J. Gazeley ...... 246 Weight Clocks at Chester, by Earnest L. Edwards ...... 248

Vol.4/9 French Lantern Clocks, by W.F.J. Hana ...... 266 A with a very unusual form of Escapement, by G.R. Rose and R. McV. Weston ...... 270 A Clock by John Hawting, Oxford, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 273 John Ellicott - Clockmaker or Clock Designer?, by G. Buggins...... 275 The Earliest Illustration of a Watch, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 278 The Hour Tubes of Derby Clock, by J.E. Locke ...... 281

Vol.4/10 1965 A Chronometer by Breguet, Neveu et Cie, by L. Appleby...... 298 A Korean 17th Century Armillary Clock, by J.H. Combridge ...... 300 A Domestic Chronometer, by G.C. Spencer ...... 302 A clock by Henry Harper, by C.H. Wheeler ...... 304 More Thoughts on Mudge, by Cecil Clutton ...... 306

Vol.4/11 The Silver Swan by T.P. Camerer Cuss ...... 330 Another "New" Lever Watch - Ellicott No 9927, by Charles Allix ...... 335 Clocks at Bruton Place, by Michael Hurst ...... 338 A Distinguished Continental Clock Rediscovered, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 343

Vol.4/12 A History of Repeating Watches, by Francis Wadsworth ...... 364 An Extraordinary Clock by "Mr Barny" ...... 368 Did Dondi use Iron, by Alan Lloyd ...... 371 A Clock-watch by Michael Nouwen, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 372 A Clock Lover’s Exhibition, by T.O. Robinson ...... 375 Horology in Hungary, by A. Horvath ...... 376

VOLUME 5 1965

Vol.5/1 Clocks seen on the French Tours, 1965, by E.E.J. Trundell & F.A.B. Ward ...... 10 The Clocks of Peterborough Cathedral, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 17 Robin's "Revolutionary Lever Watch No 3", by Cedric Jagger ...... 21 A History of Repeating Watches (Continued), by Francis Wadsworth ...... 24 Vol.5/2 The Upside Down Regulator, by G.H. ...... 44 A History of Repeating Watches (continued), by Francis Wadsworth...... 48 Le Roy and the Lever Escapement Some New Evidence? by Cecil Clutton ...... 53 Sylvain Mairet, by Philip Mairet ...... 55

Vol.5/3 The Lovelace Clock, by Alan Smith ...... 78 A Clock Watch by Quare, by A.G. Randall ...... 86 A Six Hour Dial Watch, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 89 A History of Repeating Watches (continued), by Francis Wadsworth...... 90 The S.E. Prestige horological Collection ...... 93 The Birmingham Clock Dial Makers, by C.A. Osborne ...... 94 A Transitional Japanese Clock ...... 97

Vol.5/4 A Chapter in the Life of John Arnold, by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 116 A 14th Century Portable Sundial, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 124 Mr John Arnold's Specification, by Cecil Clutton ...... 125 An Impossible Clock, by Anthony Bird ...... 127 A Document about Konrad Kreizer, by E. Morpurgo ...... 131 Time on Show at Westminster Abbey ...... 133

Vol.5/5 The Clock of St. George’s Church, Esher, by E. J. Tyler ...... 154 Sigismund Rentizsch, by T.P. Camera Cuss ...... 164 The Lunar Society Exhibition at Birmingham, by R.J. Law ...... 169 “The Grotto” by Jaquet Droz, by Diane Perrot ...... 170

Vol.5/6 The 16th Century Clock at Sidling St. Nicholas, by A.H. Druery & C.F.C. Beeson ...... 194 A Nobleman’s Accounts ...... 198 The Arnolds and Bellings of Bodmin in Cornwall, by H. Miles Brown ...... 200 A Clock by Joseph Knibb ...... 203 The Central Count Wheel, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 204 A Coach Clock by Joseph Kerber ...... 206

Vol.5/7 John Joseph Merlin a forgotten artist, by Charles Allix ...... 228 Bells and Bell Founding, by Douglas Hughes ...... 233 Mechanical Universe, the Astrarium or the Planetarium, by E. Morpurgo ...... 241 A rare Lepine Watch, by Cecil Clutton ...... 242

Vol.5/8 The AHS tour of Holland, Belgium & North Germany – Turret Clocks, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 266 The Auction sale of Larcum Kendall’s workshop, 1790, by G. L’E. Turner ...... 269 William John Gazeley...... 276 A Chinese Musical Clock, by T.P.C. Cuss ...... 278 Horology in Provincial & Rural Museums, by John C. Stevens ...... 280 Dondi 1318-1389 and Leonardo 1452-1519, by H. Alan Lloyd ...... 282 James Sweetman Eiffe, by George Foster ...... 284 Vol.5/9 Clocks seen on the Continental Tour 1967, by F.A.B. Ward & E.E.J. Trundell ...... 308 A Constant Force Clock with Grande-Sonnerie Striking, by W. Pinder ...... 315 An English Gothic Chamber Clock, by George Foster ...... 318 British Museum Recent Acquisitions ...... 325

Vol.5/10 Gillows Clock Cases, by Nicholas Goodison ...... 348 his Rivals and Imitators, by H. Quill ...... 362 Watches, the AHS Continental Tour, 1967, by R.H.A. Miles ...... 368 Professor David S. Torrens ...... 371 Watch by Parkinson and Frodsham, by L.E. Christmas ...... 374

Vol.5/11 Mudge's Lever Escapement, by George Daniels ...... 396 The Fusee Renversee, by Guiseppe Brusa and Charles Allix ...... 408 The Astronomical Clock of Su Sung ...... 414 Sandglass in Cloth of Gold, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 417

Vol.5/12 A Dutton Equation Clock, by J.H.F. Wadsworth...... 440 The Clock at Nether Winchendon Church, by W.H. Jennings ...... 443 Watch by French, by L.E. Christmas ...... 447 Longcase Clock by Justin Vulliamy, C. 1770, by L.S. Northcote ...... 448 A Clock by Thomas Bulman, by S.M. Baker ...... 450 An Epicyclic Set Hands Mechanism, by A.C.H. Crisford ...... 452 Oil for Chronometers, by Charles K. Aked ...... 454 Time and the Hour, Anonymous ...... 458 Brief Chronological History of Seth Thomas...... 463

VOLUME 6 1968

Vol.6/1 A Turkish Calendar Watch, by Prof. H. von Bertele ...... 12 Horological Books and Libraries, by Charles A. Aked ...... 15 A Cumberland Masterpiece, by S.M. Baker ...... 24 Paul Philip Barraud, by Cedric Jagger ...... 28 John Moore and Sons, by T.P.C. Cuss...... 32

Vol.6/2 Captain Cook’s Pendulum Clocks, by Derek Howse ...... 62 An early Anchor Escapement in a turret clock, by C.F.C. Beeson & F.R. Maddison ...... 77 Antique Clocks in Scandinavia, by Dr. Johan Knap ...... 81 The Leichtis of Winterthur, by Anthony J. Duley ...... 83 Horological Books & their care, by Charles K. Aked ...... 91 Vol.6/3 H. Alan Lloyd ...... 126 Some Important English Clocks made for Italy and one Unrecorded Tompion, by Dr D. Pavolini ...... 128 An Historical , by Major Anthony Heathcote ...... 132 Two Pierre Le Roys, by Guiseppe Brusa and Charles Allix ...... 135 Captain Cook's Minor Clocks and Watches, by Derek Howse ...... 138 The First Twelve Years of the Pendulum Clock, by Michael Hurst ...... 146

Vol.6/4 Captain Cook’s Marine Timepieces Part I- The Kendall Watches, by Derek Howse ...... 190 Some Horological extracts from Stukeley’s diaries, by John R. Milburn ...... 206 The exclusive Fromanteel, by Edward G. Aghib ...... 212 The Joyces of Whitchurch, by Charles K. Aked ...... 216 The British Museum - some recent Acquisitions ...... 224 Sold by Auction ...... 226 The AHS tour of Denmark, 1969 ...... 229

Vol.6/5 The English Lantern Clock, by Ernest L. Edwardes ...... 260 Captain Cook's Marine Timepieces Part II -- The Arnold Chronometers, by Derek Howse ...... 276 The Saga of the Shelton Clocks, by Derek Howse and Beresford Hutchinson ...... 281 Art and Horology - an Association of Interest, by Peter D. Guggenheim ...... 299 The Story of Greenwhich Time ...... 302

Vol.6/ The 1797 Act of Parliament by T.P.C. Cuss ...... 349 The Astronomical Watch by George Margetts, by George Daniels ...... 350 A Newly Discovered Graham Timepiece by F.A.B. Ward ...... 360 William Derham and the Artificial Clockmaker. By Charles K. Aked ...... 362

Vol.6/7 Perpignan 1356 and the earliest clocks,by C.F.C.Beeson ...... 408 William Dereham and “The Artificial Clockmaker” Part 2 by C.Aked...... 416 The Preservation of Old Church Clocks by E J Tyler ...... 428 Julien Le Roy No. 4540 by Woolf Posner ...... 431 A 16th Century Table Clock by Edward S Jones & Peter D Guggenheim ...... 433 T.P.Camerer Cuss – an appreciation ...... 437 The Splicing of Clock Ropes by B.P.C.Fowler ...... 440

Vol.6/8 The Clockmakers of Leicestershire and Rutland, by J. A. Daniell ...... 486 William Derham and the Artificial Clockmaker - Part 3, by C.K. Aked ...... 495 A rare watch by James Ferguson Cole, by Robert Barnett ...... 506 Georgius Clayton de Marple, by Ernest L. Edwardes ...... 511 Watches in the Museum of Science and Industry in Oslo, by Dr. Johan Knap...... 515 VOLUME 7 1970

Vol.7/1 The Tompion Clocks at Greenwich and the Dead-Beat Escapement. by Derek Howse ...... 18 Horologium, by , 1658. Latin text with translation. by Ernest. L. Edwardes ...... 35 Murdays electrically driven balance-wheel clock, by Charles K. Aked ...... 56 Charles Dickens and horology. by Frederick R.S. Rogers ...... 60

Vol.7/2 The Tompion Clocks at Greenwhich and the Dead-Beat Escapement Part 2, by Derek Howse ...... 114 The Story of the Cinderella Clock, by Prof Dr H. von Bertele ...... 134 John Arnold's Chronometer No 13, by David Hutchinson ...... 138 The Planetarium at Franeker, by J.W.A. Van Schie ...... 141 Julien and Pierre Le Roy, some further evidence, by Charles Allix and Guiseppe Brusa ...... 149

Vol.7/3 Some features of 16th, 17th and 18th century italian clocks. by C.D. Cherbel...... 198 Henry Hindley of - part 1. by R.J. Law ...... 205 Japanese clocks are peculier. by Albert L. Oldmark ...... 222 The invention of the anchor escapement ...... 225 Christopher Wren and the Wadham Clock. by A.J. Turner...... 229 Taking a Risk. by Murray Macleod ...... 231

Vol.7/4 The Grasshopper Escapement. by Colonel H. Quill ...... 288 Pearson's "Jupiter" Clock. by R.J. Law ...... 297 New light on George Margetts. by A.J. Turner...... 304 Schoof's Regulator. by Frank Monk...... 317 The "Dutch" extraction of the Fromanteel Family. by Dr. R. Plomp ...... 320 Leading-off work in Turret Clocks. by D.F. Nettell ...... 328 The De Baufre Genre. by George Foster ...... 337

Vol.7/5 Electricity, Magnetism and Clocks, by Charles K. Aked ...... 398 The Grasshopper Escapement, its Geometry and its Properties, by ...... 416 Whatever became of Banger?, by John H. Penfold ...... 423 Continental Tour 1971 Part I Clocks, by E.E.J. Trundell ...... 425 Continental Tour 1971 Part II Watches, by Albert L. Odmark ...... 429

Vol.7/6 Thomas Lister, 1745-1814. by C.H. Rycroft ...... 498 Arnold and Breguet, Inventors of the modern watch ...... 510 Renovating turret clocks. by W.H. Jennings ...... 515 Reflections from a Lacquer Clock. by E. Lloyd Thomas ...... 518 An early anonymous Swiss self-winding watch. by Jean-Claude Sabrier and Andre Imbert ...... 526 Roentgenology of old clocks. by Dr. T. de Roo ...... 529 Combating the scourge of thefts. by Kenneth Ulyett ...... 533 Vol.7/7 Julien and Piere le Roy. by Guiseppe Brusa and Charles Allix ...... 598 Robert Molyneux's Astronomical Clocks and Chronometers by Christopher Wood ...... 607 Grandfather Hunter. by Dr. Douglas J.B. Wilson ...... 613 The Boothroyd Collection ...... 624 The great astronomical clock at Hampton Court Palace ...... 626 A watchmakers Token ...... 628

Vol.7/8 Henry Hindley of York 1701-1771 Part II. by R.J. Law ...... 682 The Radellof Cross Beat Clock of 1660. by Wolfram Block ...... 700 Earnshaw Chronometer No 550. by Christopher Wood ...... 704 In support of the painted dial. by P.A. Hewitt ...... 706 Eli Terry and the patent shelf clock. by Kenneth D. Roberts ...... 709 Technical and Radiological determination of a rare old Dutch Schippertje, by Dr T. de Roo and P. Vel ...... 713 A Le Roy Regulator. by Col N.M.R. McCallum ...... 717 Observations on the new scaping for clocks and watches ...... 720 Sketch for a Turret Clock by Lord Grimthorpe. by Cecil Clutton ...... 723

VOLUME 8 1972

Vol.8/1 The Dutch Origin of the French Pendulum Clock, by Dr. R. Plomb ...... 24 Hubert Sarton of Liège, by Edward G. Aghib ...... 42 The Astronomical Clocks at the Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, by Christopher Wood ...... 55 The Earth driven Clock, by Dr. F.G. Alan Shenton ...... 63 The Introduction of the Dead-Beat Escapement: A new document, by A.J. Turner ...... 71 The Seth Atwood Clock and Watch Collections, by Cecil Clutton...... 72 A Going Skeleton Clock, by Charles K. Aked & Dr. F.G. Alan Shenton ...... 75 Drielsma’s Railway Clock ...... 78

Vol.8/2 The First Free Pendulum Clock, by Charles K. Aked...... 136 The Thirty Hour Longcase Clock, by T.O. Robinson ...... 163 A Turret Clock, by J.E. Locke ...... 172 An Eighteenth Century Watchmaker and his Day-Book, by E.F. Bunt...... 175 Restoration of a rare old Dutch Wall Clock, by Dr. T. de Roo & P. Vel ...... 183 Instruments for Measuring Time ...... 187 The Clock at St. Peter’s, Wallingford, by D.F. Nettell ...... 188 Two Pocket Chronometers by John Roger Arnold, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 190

Vol.8/3 Old Dutch Clocks, by E.L. Edwardes ...... 254 The first Electric Clock, by Charles C. Aked ...... 276 Almost Twins, by D.J. Blackwell ...... 290 Some trade tokens of horological interest, by Simon Bendall ...... 292 The address of Graham and his successors, by John R. Millburn ...... 299 Major errors in Timekeeping of pendulum clocks, by Dr.J.D. Weaver ...... 302 How the rate of a pendulum clock will change with altitude, by Myron Pleasure ...... 305 Vol.8/4 The context of production, identification and dating of clocks by A. and J. Thwaites, by G.T.E. Buggins and A.J. Turner ...... 372 Italian Tour 1973, by Charles K. Aked ...... 382 The philosophy of Louis Berthoud, by Cecil Clutton ...... 399 A remarkable clock by John Ellicot, by David M.W. Evans and Noel C. Evans ...... 402 A driven year clock, by C.H. Rycroft ...... 406 A Wise tic-tac, by Edmund Grimsley ...... 409 Two interesting watches of the late 18th century, by Adolphe Shapiro ...... 412

Vol.8/5 Vertical or Doorframe Turret Clocks, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 484 The Scott Electric Clock, by Geoffrey C. Crabtree ...... 491 A 12-hour Public Clock Dial of the 15th Century in , by Dr F.A.B. Ward ...... 495 Bewcastle Cross, by Charles K. Aked ...... 497 Was Henri Motel a Pupil of Breguet, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 506 The Clock in the Church of All Saints, Kingston upon Thames, by E.J. Tyler ...... 508 Historical Problem solved with X-Rays, by Dr. T. de Root and P. Vel...... 521 A Pocket Chronometer by John Ham of London, by Thomas L. De Fazio ...... 525

Vol.8/6 The Cumbrian Background of George Graham, by John B. Penfold ...... 600 A visit to West Tofts, by D.F. Nettell ...... 614 A Danish Maker of Clocks and Watches, by Johan Knapp ...... 617 Time in Jewish Tradition, by Myron Pleasure ...... 619 Thiout's Detached Watch Escapement, by Cecil Clutton ...... 625 A note on two Brocot Inventions, by Dr. F. A. B. Ward ...... 626

Vol.8/7 ...... On Cherubim and Seraphim, by C.F.C. Beeson ...... 716 A special and curious type clock from the Zaan region, by Dr.T.de Roo & P.Vel ...... 724 Longitude and the Marine Chronometer: Part 1, by Charles K. Aked ...... 732 Watch No 1 by Beaure, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 745 Outward signs of William Bowyer, by Edmund Grimsley ...... 747 Clocks of China, by James R.A. Aked ...... 748 Visit to a Clerkenwell clock factory ...... 750 A Letter on the Longitude, by John Briggs ...... 755

Vol.8/8 Some early English table clocks, by William C. Bopp...... 838 Longitude and the Marine Chronometer, Part 2, by Charles K. Aked ...... 854 Horological Caelocanth, by Anthony Bird ...... 866 Precision pendulum clocks-circular error and the suspension spring, by Kenneth James ...... 868 A Cautionary Tale, by W.S. Laycock ...... 884 Clock Jacks of Town and Country, by R.J. Nichols ...... 887 More about the elusive Fromanteel, by E.G. Aghib and J.H. Leopold ...... 890 VOLUME 9 1974

Vol.9/1 Dutch Influences in French Clockmaking, by Dr. R. Plomb ...... 28 Extracts from a Parkinson and Frodsham Pamphlet, by Christopher Wood ...... 46 Alexander Bain, the Father of Electrical Horology ...... 51 Three Miniature Spring Clocks by Thomas Tompion, by Meyrick Neilson ...... 64 Camerini – Maker of Fine Clocks, by C.D. Belcher...... 69 The Portugese Agent: J.H. de Magellan, by G. L’E. Turner ...... 74 A pair of Wooden Posted Turret Clocks, by W.S. Laycock & D.F. Nettell ...... 77

Vol.9/2 1975 The Society's Memorial to Alan Lloyd ...... 156 Italian Night Clocks, by Giuseppe Brusa ...... 159 George IIIrd's Directions for Mounting and Unmounting a Watch, C.B. Drover ...... 169 Hindley De Wigan: An eight day Clock, by David Barker ...... 172 The Fromanteel Story, by Brian Loomes ...... 175 Thomas Cole Clockmaker Part I by Donovan Dawe ...... 186 Thomas Cole Clockmaker, Part II by John B. Hawkins ...... 189 John Arnolds Second Marriage, by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 195 Roman Solar Accoustic Clock in Verona, by Paulo F. Forlati ...... 198 A Franklin Clock by Porthouse of Penrith, by B. Lloyd Thomas ...... 202 Robert Lowne and his Electric Clock System, by Rita K. Shenton ...... 209 William Roy, Dunfermline, by Felix Hudson ...... 215

Vol.9/3 The Astronomical Clock Towers of Chang Ssu-Hsun and his Successors A.D. 976 to 1126, by John H. Combridge ...... 288 A Turret Clock at Claverly (Salop), by D.F. Nettell and A.L. James...... 302 The Clocks of the Victoria and Albert Museum, by Dr. F.A.B. Ward ...... 304 Thomas Yates of Preston Watchmaker and Experimentalist, by R.F. Carrington ...... 317 The Metfield Church Clock, by Leonard F. Miller ...... 320 Leonardo and the Chiaravalle Abbey Clock, by Antonio Simoni ...... 324 Two Clocks by Thuret, by Geoffrey Wills ...... 330 The Function of the Quick Train Marine Chronometer, by Christopher Wood ...... 331 The Automatic Memorandum Clock, by Rita K Shenton ...... 337

Vol.9/4 A Turret clock by Joseph Knibb, an appeal ...... 408 Henry Hindley-his age, his clocks and the Lancashire link, by J.R.M. Setchell...... 409 Robert Molyneux's astronomical clocks and chronometers, Christopher Wood ...... 412 A proposal for a National Index of Clock and Watchmakers, by Ian F. Maxted ...... 426 An early Electric Turret Clock, by Charles K. Aked ...... 428 Jean-Antoine Lepine, 1720-1814, an "unknown" maker, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 443 A puzzle in dialling, by W.S. Laycock ...... 443 Vol.9/5 Dell' Orologia Applicato all Elettromotore Perpetuo, by Charles K. Aked and Dr Paolo Rizzardi ...... 524 A watch altered by Charles Edward Viner to a Pocket Chronometer, by Thomas L. De Fazio ...... 540 Dr C.F.C. Beeson ...... 543 Thos Ogden, de Halifax, an 8-day, revolving ball moon loncased clock, c1740, by David Barker ...... 545 Louis Recordon, King George III, and Richard Simmons: an account of a royal presentation watch, by Oliver Fairclough ...... 551 Lunar gear trains and phase indication, by P.D. Briggs ...... 556 The rarity of chronometers, by Johan Knap ...... 558 A turret clock by Jullion of Brentford, by C.G. MacKay ...... 559 Samuel Yates of Liverpool, by David M.W. Evans ...... 563 An Old Dutch Poem ...... 565

Vol.9/6 How the chronometer went to sea, by W.E. May ...... 638 John Flamsteed and the , by Derek Howse and Valerie Finch ...... 664 A description and study of a Planetarium, by M. Rendon and P. Balmes ...... 682 Thomas Cole Exhibition ...... 690 The AHS west country tour 1975, by John Arnold Bell...... 692

Vol.9/7 15th Century Clocks and Clock dials, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 762 John C. Stevens ...... 768 An Albert H. Potter constant force chronometer, by Chester W. Howard ...... 770 Liechti clocks in British museums, by Anthony J. Duley...... 777 Thomas Wright in the Poultry, London, No 2228, by Andrew Crisford ...... 785 Orbis Sensualium Pictus. by James R. Aked ...... 789 A remarkable electric clock, by R.A. Bucknall ...... 794 The earliest string-gnomon sundials, by F.A.B. Ward...... 800

Vol.9/8 What's wrong with Hardy's escapement?, by Christopher Wood ...... 882 The Chamberlain File ...... 896 The delivery of a clock by John Holmes, London to a Yorkshire country house, by David Barker ...... 906 Leonardo, the Chiaravalle clock and epicyclic gearing; a reply to Antonio Simoni, by Bert S. Hall and Ian Bates ...... 910 The twilight of Islamic astronomy, by Myron Pleasure ...... 918 Horology at Grosvenor House ...... 922 Constant force , by Anthony G. Randall ...... 932

VOLUME 10 1976

Vol.10/1 Joseph Finney of Liverpool, by Oliver Fairclough ...... 32 Rye Church Clock, by E.J. Tyler ...... 41 Scottish painted dials, by Felix Hudson ...... 55 The Ambassadors, by Charles K. Aked ...... 70 Iron marks on turret clocks, by Torsten Berg and D.F. Nettel...... 78 The Marquis of Worcester, by Rita Shenton ...... 82 , by M.S. Loveday ...... 85 Vol.10/2 The Admiral’s clock, by Derek Howse ...... 164 Scottish painted dials, Part 2, by Felix Hudson ...... 173 The Earliest Turret Clock?, by Hams von Bertele ...... 189 The Collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, by Cecil Clutton ...... 197 “Electrifying time" exhibition, by Arthur Mitchell ...... 206 Important Sidereal month going longcase regulator by Thomas Tompion and Edward Banger, by Meyrick Neilson ...... 214 The Shortt Synchronome No 31, by Thomas Terjeson...... 217

Vol.10/3 Joseph Finney of Liverpool (contd.), by Oliver Fairclough...... 294 James McCabe, by Paul E. Hackamack ...... 308 Scottish painted dials Part 3, by Felix Hudson ...... 317 James Ferguson’s Tidal Clock 1764-1770, by John Milburn ...... 331 The Structural and aesthetic perfection of gothic clock frames, by H.G. Hammond ...... 336 A Clerkenwell tour of fifty years ago, by T.E. White ...... 340

Vol.10/4 Beeching/Ashburnam, A Georgian Dial with Edwardian Scenic Engravings, by John H. Combridge ...... 428 Notes on the Bliss and Creighton Chronometer Patent, by Thomas L. De Fazio ...... 439 Some Scottish Longcases by Felix Hudson...... 447 An Electric Turret Clock by Shepherd, by A. Mitchell and D.F. Nettell ...... 460 Noon Mark Sundial in Malta, by Louise Wilmot ...... 464 Watchmaking in Coventry, by Peter Searby ...... 465

Vol.10/5 Could it have been Wren? by Larry L. Fabian ...... 550 Two historic clocks in Mexico, by G. Spencer ...... 571 A fuss around a fusee, by Hedley G. Martin ...... 573 Documents illustrative of the History of English Horology 1- Two letters addressed to Thomas Mudge, by A.J. Turner and A.C.H. Crisford ...... 580 Regulator by Samuel Thorpe, Abberley, by K.J.C. MacMaster ...... 583 Captain Inglefields Watch, by Terence Cuss ...... 586 The timekeepers of Counsellor Husgen, by H.J. Antweiler ...... 589

Vol.10/6 Edward John Dent, by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 595 An "improved" clock, by W. Opperman ...... 603 The turret clock of Wherstead Hall Suffolk, by Leonard F. Miller ...... 684 Escapement errors, by J.D. Weaver ...... 688 Pierre Frederick Ingold and the British watch and clock making company, by R.F. and R.W. Carrington ... 698 Some observations on the timekeepers of Thomas Mudge, by Beresford Hutchinson ...... 715 Conversion to anchor escapement ...... 720 Catalan clocks and clockmakers to the end of Middle Ages by Jeanne Vielliard, translated by Charles K. Aked ...... 722 A tuneable set of chimes, by J.R. Nichols ...... 728 Vol.10/7 The clocks of Waddesdon Manor, by F.A.B. Ward ...... 804 Turret clocks in Malta, by R.H. de Burgh Wilmot...... 816 Clock dials on a 15th Century Country Estate, and other Burgundian clocks, by S.E. Holbrook...... 819 Clocks at the Country House Museums of Temple Newsum House and Lotherton Hall near Leeds, by David Barker ...... 828 The technique of Photographing Watches, by Anthony Randall ...... 835 Ebenezer Henderson and the Liverpool Observatory, by Herman H. Knie...... 843

VOLUME 11 1978

Vol.11/1 Theft of Antique Clocks, by T. Lee...... 28 The Thirty Hour key wound Longcase clock, by J. Hartley ...... 30 An early mystery clock, by J.D. Metcalfe ...... 36 The Clockmakers of Battle, by E.J. Tyler ...... 39 Constant force escapements and an escapement , by A.G. Randall ...... 46 The watches of the Victoria and Albert Museum, by Dr F.A.B. Ward ...... 61 Two Plane Turret Clock Escapements by William Leeson, by D.F. Nettell and B.E. Sparks ...... 79

Vol.11/2 A Short History of the Antiquarian Horological Society, by C. B. Drover ...... 144 Early Pendulum Clocks, by R.A. Lee ...... 146 Antiquarian Horology ...... 161 Turret Clocks, by D.F. Nettell ...... 162 Watches Prior to 1750, by F. Wadsworth ...... 180 British Clocks, 1700-1900, by A.A. Treherne ...... 184 The by C. Clutton ...... 206

Vol.11/3 An aid to the depth of field determination in horological photography, by T.T. Walters ...... 280 The adoption of standard time, by Alun C. Davies ...... 284 The Christian Kintzing turret clock at Dierdorf, by E.J. Tyler ...... 290 Sand-glasses of the Historiches Urhen Museum, Wuppertal, by J.R.A. Aked ...... 293

Vol.11/4 The St Albans Clock, by E. Watson ...... 372 The Clandon "Cockleshell", by T.O. Robinson ...... 385 Clock Illustrations in the Sir Thomas Moore Exhibition, by Dr. F.A.B. Ward ...... 386 The Thirty Hour key wound longcase clock ...... 389 George Graham Regulator, by A.B. Partridge ...... 390 Two Turret Clocks with Spring Remontoires, by D.F. Nettell ...... 394 Craftsmen in Leeds – 1838, by D. Barker ...... 407

Vol.11/5 Why Barrow? by Cecil Clutton ...... 480 An early pocket sundial illustrated in art, by Dr. F.A.B. Ward ...... 484 The 13th Century "King Hezekiah" Water Clock, by Andre Wegener Sleeswyk ...... 488 The 19th Century Watchmans Clock, by Dr. A.A.L. Thomas ...... 496 The Clocks in Westminster Abbey, by L.E. Tanner C.V.O...... 508 Vol.11/6 The St Albans Clock, by E. Watson ...... 576 Andrew Dickie and others, Clock and Watchmakers, by M. Norgate ...... 586 Accuracy in repeating work, by W.W. Wilkes ...... 603 Clocktower Millenary reflections, by J.H. Combridge ...... 604 William Hardy's Regulator, by A.J. Turner ...... 615 The fly in the Grimthorpe Gravity Escapement, by H. Wallman ...... 628

VOLUME 12 1980

Vol.12/1 George Daniels ...... 28 The Independent jumping seconds mechanism of Jean Pouzait, by Joachim Mauss ...... 30 Louis XIV "Oignons" III Unusual examples, by Adolphe Chapiro (translated by C. Allix) ...... 38 A new look at the dating of early English clocks, by C.N. Ponsford and J.G.M. Scott ...... 52 Pocket Chronometer movement No 1847 by Breguet, by Kurt J. Egli (translated by E.J. Tyler) ...... 70 George Booth, Aberdeen, c 1800, by Felix Hudson...... 78

Vol.12/2 The Foliot and the Natural Day, by H.G. Hammond ...... 154 Edward Aldridge of Deal, by M.J.D. Ward ...... 158 The 13th Century "King Hezekiah" water clock, by C.B. Drover ...... 160 Chronometer escapements. by R. Mathews ...... 170 A 15th century Italian "clockmakers workshop". by Dr. F.A.B. Ward ...... 172 The St Albans clock, Addendum ...... 174 Percy Webster, by Percy G. Dawson...... 175 The fly in the Grimthorpe escapement, by D.F. Nettell and G.H. Williams ...... 178 Further thought on Grimthorpe’s fly, by A.W. Heldman ...... 183 Huygens, The Secret in the Coster Fromanteel "Contract", the thirty hour clock, by R.D. Dobson ...... 193 A precision clock by Josiah Emery, by J.L. Evans ...... 197 Scientific notes, a musical time beater, by A.C. Brewer ...... 201

Vol.12/3 Disputes between Masters and their Workmen, by G.B. Hodgetts ...... 268 The use of the Ultra Violet Lamp in Painted Dial Restoration, by M. F. Tennant Visit to a Clerkenwell Clock Factory ...... 274 The Froxfield Clock, by P.A. Meecham and D.F. Nettell...... 281 The Rise and Decline of Chronometer Manufacturing, by A.C. Davies ...... 285 The 13th Century "King Hezekiah" Water Clock: Addenda, by J. H. Combridge ...... 300 A New Look at the Dating of Early English Clocks, by D.F. Nettell ...... 301 Sundials at Hever Castle, by Dr. F.A.B. Ward and Dr. D. Vaughan ...... 307 Eclipses and the St Albans Clock, by J.R. Millburn...... 313 Vol.12/4 Longcase engraved dials. Mid-Scotland, by F. Hudson ...... 392 Martin Matthews, watch case maker, by J. Finch ...... 410 George Newton, blacksmith turned clockmaker of Seend, Wiltshire, C. Thomas ...... 420 Sully, Verlinden and others, by C. Allix ...... 428 Clocks and bells, by D.F. Nettell...... 435 Burgi and the pendulum controlled escapement, by M.J.L. Kesteven ...... 441 Huygens, Coster and Fromanteel, some secrets remain, by E.H. Glasius ...... 442 Hands, by F. Hudson ...... 443

Vol.12/5 Watch Stands, by Eric Street ...... 504 The Penningtons and their balances, by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 514 A Gravity Clock by Cope and Molyneux, by T.A. Camerer Cuss ...... 524 Film: British Clocks ...... 525 Wells and Salisbury, by C.N. Ponsford and J.G.M. Scott ...... 528 Chinese Steelyard Clepsydras, by John H. Combridge ...... 530 Some dating features for turret clocks, by J.G.M. Scott ...... 536 George Newton, by C. Thomas ...... 538 Hands...... 540 Further fussing about the fusee, by J.D. Weaver ...... 542

Vol.12/6 Verge watch movements in wood cases, by Percy G. Dawson ...... 604 A Tompion watch dug up on the South Downs in 1977, by W.A. van Aken ...... 609 The suspended foliot and new light on early pendulum clocks, by Ernest L. Edwardes ...... 614 Mudge milestones, Watch Dates, by Charles Allix ...... 627 A.H.S. tour Holland 1980, by C.K. Aked...... 635

VOLUME 13 1981

Vol.13/1 Equation clocks, by J. Wenzel ...... 24 The Penningtons and their Balances ...... 44 A Select Clock, by J.S. Reid ...... 45 The Matthew the Miller clock at the parish church of St Mary Steps, Exeter, by C.N. Ponsford ...... 52 Some notes on La Vallee and L.B. Audemars, by T.A. Camerer Cuss ...... 67 Watch movement making in Prescot, by R. Kemp ...... 77 John Poole's balances, by Vaudrey Mercer...... 82

Vol.13/2 The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers ...... 140 Mudge milestones, by A.F. Cliborne...... 144 Josiah Emery and John Leroux, by Cecil Clutton ...... 146 John Arnold, by Cecil Clutton ...... 148 Thomas Mudge the complete Horologist, by George Daniels ...... 150 Thomas Earnshaw, by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 175 Watch by Thomas Mudge No 574 ...... 178 William Oughtred, by C.K. Aked ...... 192 Vol.13/3 The evolution of European Domestic Clocks, by Dr. F.A.B. Ward ...... 248 Export of clocks from Leith, by Gibb and Hudson ...... 268 The development of the Pendulum Clock, by R.D. Dobson ...... 270 Two mid Scotland Longcase Dials, by G. Cumming ...... 282 A most interesting clock, by K.H. Whay ...... 290 French clockmakers at Nonsuch, by C.N. Ponsford ...... 294

Vol.13/4 Defining a Musical Clock, by A.W.J.G. Ord-Hume ...... 340 Lichfield Clock, by J. Orange ...... 359 A miniature Lantern Alarm Timepiece, by C. Thomas ...... 366 Horology and the Adams Family, by J.R. Millburn ...... 368 Early Pendulum Clocks: Addendum, by E.L. Edwardes ...... 381 The Hazards of an early Luminous Watch, by E. Street ...... 383 A Viennese 1/4 striking Mechanism, by J. Hannah ...... 386 Pearson's Water Clock, by A.J. Turner ...... 388

Vol.13/5 Repatriated English clocks, by Percy G. Dawson ...... 434 James Ferguson's star plate, by Dr. J.S. Reid ...... 438 Charles Babbage and the invention of workmen's time recorders, by Dr.A.G. Bromley ...... 442 C15th Chamber clock, by B.R. Hammond ...... 450 Mudge's fourth timekeeper, by C.N. Ponsford ...... 453 Pitt's clock and Watch tax, by A. Burchall ...... 454 Tompion - Quare collaboration, by G. Boney ...... 462 C16th Clock illustration, by Dr. F.A.B. Ward ...... 467 Unusual differentials in renaissance clockwork, by H.B.J. Karlsen and Graham White ...... 469

Vol.13/6 The first white dial longcase clocks and their cases, 1772-1773, by S.E. Stuart ...... 534 Three late Georgian painted dials, by F. Hudson...... 551 The Massey watch escapement, by Dr. R. Kemp ...... 558 Louis Berthoud, by C. Clutton ...... 565 French turret clocks, by C.G. McKay ...... 568 Musee National de la Renaissance d'Ecouen, by C.K. Aked ...... 572 George Adams Copernicum Sphere, by J.R. Millburn ...... 582 Differentials in Renaissance Clockwork, by H.B. Karlsen ...... 582 Early Pendulum Clocks, by H.E. Glasius ...... 564 Horological collection at Ecouen, by A. Chapiro ...... 583

VOLUME 14 1982

Vol.14/1 Brass Spandrels, by F. Hudson ...... 26 The Hartnup Balance, by R.W. Smith ...... 39 Clocks seen on the AHS tour of France 1982, by P. Tuck ...... 46 Gould or Knibb?, by D. Nettell & K. Stocker ...... 59 A 16th Century Astronomical Table Clock, by H. Karlsen ...... 63 A Split Second Chronometer by C. Frodsham, by J. Mauss ...... 76 Vol.14/2 James Wilson, Clockmaker of Belfast, by W.A. Seaby...... 133 The Pulse Watch, by J.H.F. Wadsworth ...... 156 Lord Grimthorpe and his Experimental Regulator, by J. Martin and D. Roberts...... 157 Musical Clocks, by A.W. Ord-Hume ...... 171 Electrical Precision, by C.K. Aked ...... 172

Vol.14/3 The Fromanteels and the pendulum clock, by E.L. Edwardes & R.D. Dobson ...... 250 Benjamin Gray and the Vulliamys, by Vaudrey Mercer ...... 266 The London background of George Graham, by J.B. Penfold ...... 272 Pendleton et al, by F.A. Mercer...... 281 Sandglasses, sundials and watches, AHS tour 1982, by C.K. Aked ...... 283 Three chronometers made in London, by F. Hudson ...... 288 More about Watchstands, by E. Street ...... 298 Ticehurst church clock. by E.J. Tyler ...... 304

Vol.14/4 William Dutton London, by F. Hudson ...... 356 Lepine, Breguet and the origins of the lever escapement in France, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 369 Worshipful Company of Clockmakers ...... 404 Three chronometers made in London, Addenda ...... 405 The Jumps and their sectors, by V. Mercer ...... 406

Vol.14/5 1984 Some historic Earnshaw chronometers, the work of his pupils and one of his rivals, by C. Wood ...... 468 Epicycloidal teeth; Addendum, by V. Mercer ...... 485 An interior Church clock dial in Haarlem, by Dr. F. Ward ...... 486 Clock dating, by M. Norgate ...... 489 The history of a John Roger Arnold pocket chronometer No 2183, by J. Geisow ...... 498 Origins of the lever escapement in France; Addendum, by C. Clutton ...... 501 The other "Dutch" Englishman, by J. Bailey ...... 503

Vol.14/6 David Smyth Torrens, by A.C. Davies ...... 564 The numbering of Tompion’s watches, series and system, by J. Evans ...... 585 A Watchmaker unmasked, by L.J. Pigott ...... 598 Fergusons astronomical clock, astrolabes and stereographic projections, by M Kesteven ...... 602 An early pocket chronometer by Thomas Earnshaw, signed Robert Tomlin, by A.G. Randall ...... 609 Lepine, Breguet and the lever escapement, by A. Chapiro ...... 616

VOLUME 15 1984

Vol.15/1 Andrew Dunlop, C.C. 1701-32, by A.M.T. Maxwell-Irving...... 36 The iron and steel available to the horological masters of the past, by L. Paton ...... 47 Thomas Mudge, London Roman striking bracket clock circa 1770, by F. Hudson ...... 53 Vol.15/2 The Lord Harris; Obituary ...... 124 A neat Clockcase Ornamented, by S.E. Stuart ...... 125 Thomas William Yates of Preston, by R. Carrington and R. Kemp ...... 144 A rare complicated watch by Piguet, by R. Good ...... 147 An apprentice in 1910 ...... 160 An interior church clock dial in Haarlem, by L. van Lambalgen ...... 161 Londini fake it? by M.J. Farey ...... 165

Vol.15/3 Clocks in the paintings of Titian, by Dr. F Ward ...... 224 The Noctuary or Watchmans Clock, by A. Burchall ...... 231 Three Edinburgh makers, by F. Hudson ...... 253 and Christiaan Huygens, by R. Dobson ...... 261

Vol.15/4 A conjectural reconstruction of the Perpignan clock of 1356, by H.E Rose ...... 330 1984 AHS Tour of Vienna, by C.K. Aked ...... 355 The Noctuary, addendum, by A. Burchall ...... 362 A Mechanical clock for a Medieval Quarry, by G.C. del Vecchio ...... 368 A Birdcage clock at Norrington Court, by M. Snell and W. Backinsell ...... 370 Galileo Galilei and Christiaan Huygens, addendum, by M.F. Ball ...... 373 The Rack Lever watch, Today's survivals, by R. Kemp ...... 375

Vol.15/5 John Smith, Pittenweem, by Felix Hudson ...... 440 Measurements of the quality factor of the pendulums of four clocks by John Harrison, by D.A. Bateman and K. James ...... 479 The Noctuary, addendum ...... 490 The Perpignion clock continued, by H.E. Rose ...... 491 Galileo - Huygens, addendum ...... 509 Isaiah Lukens, by B.R. Forman ...... 411

Vol.15/6 A watch from HMS Pandora, by J. Carpenter, L. Pigott and H. Whitewell ...... 560 Kater's Escapement, by P. Woodward...... 573 William Monk turret clocks, by M. Snell ...... 583 Duo in Uno, by R. Simpson ...... 602 An early 18th century watchmakers notebook, by A. Smith ...... 605

VOLUME 16 1986

Vol.16/1 Who was I.W., by M.J. Lee ...... 28 Effects of the gravitational attractions of the sun and moon on the period of a pendulum, by P.H. Boucheron ...... 53 The Rack Lever watch, addendum, by G.C. Crabtree...... 71 Captain Kater's escapement, addenda, by K. James ...... 72 Vol.16/2 Robert Foulkes ...... 120 Henry Hindley of York, by J.H. Ellis ...... 121 The limitimg stability of pendulums, by M.K. Hobden ...... 132 A Breguet puzzle by N.A. Dean...... 135 An early Renaissance stone polyhedral sundial, by G.S. White ...... 139 Regulating working hours and timekeeping in the middle ages, by G.D. van Rossum ...... 145 Ferdinand Berthoud, by A.G. Randall ...... 149 Early jewel holes, by G. Ahrens, translated by E.J. Tyler ...... 173

Vol.16/3 A sun moon and tidal dial, by Rene R.J. Rohr, translated by A.R. Somerville ...... 227 The sundials of John Bonar, schoolmaster of Ayr, by A.R. Somerville ...... 233 The Deacon Family of Leicestershire clockmakers - Part I, by P.A. Hewitt...... 255 Three clocks in the Ridgeway parish, by D.F. Nettell ...... 263 Netherlands Tour 1986 ...... 267 Basque Horology, by Charles K. Aked ...... 275

Vol.16/4 The Deacon family of Leicestershire clockmakers – Part II, by P.A. Hewitt ...... 339 Pue's Occurences, by David Penney ...... 368 Horology under the hammer (Auction review 1985-1986), by R.J. Law ...... 372 A pre-balance spring horizontal table clock by Robert Grinkin of London, by Richard Good ...... 381 A watch in the tradition of Pierre Le Roy's "La petite ronde", by Cecil Clutton ...... 386 The "Doctor's" stop watch, by A.M. Baldwin ...... 389 A true perspective of Perpignan 1356. by Charles K. Aked ...... 392 300 years of Fine English clock and watchmaking, by Charles K. Aked ...... 406

Vol.16/5 The Pulsynetic System and it's place in the history of electric clocks, by D.J. Bird...... 467 Longcase clocks of a distinctive design, by Percy G. Dawson ...... 479 The name engraved upon a watch plate, by David Penney ...... 491 Watches seen on the 1986 tour of Holland, by Paul Tuck ...... 494 How to prepare an article, by David Penney ...... 498 A verge watch with alarm and passing strike by Issac Simmes, London, by David Thompson ...... 499 John Roger Arnold No 573, by "Colbert"...... 507 Golay Fils and Stahl, sunrise and sunset watch No 28432. Addendum, by David Aubert, translated by A.G. Randall ...... 510

Vol.16/6 Joseph and Thomas Windmills, by J.A. Neale ...... 573 William Howells watchmaker, Part 1, by David Penney and Valerie Finch ...... 585 Davis Mell, musician and clockmaker and an analysis of the clockmaking trade in 17th century London, by Maria and Pedro Fernandez ...... 602 The Deacon family of Leicestershire clockmakers, Addendum, by P.A. Hewitt ...... 618 The Pulsynetic System and it's place in the history of electric clocks, Part 2, by D.J. Bird...... 621 Stem regulating perfect keyless, by Leonard Paller ...... 630 VOLUME 17 1987

Vol.17/1 Clocks in the Greenwich list of observatories, by Derek Howse ...... 30 Joseph Ellicott; Master Clockmaker, by Richard Mones & Richard W.S. Jones ...... 39 The Pulsynetic System and it's place in the history of electric clocks, final part, by D.J. Bird ...... 56 The 'Doctors' watch, An addendum, by Johan Wenzel ...... 67 Who was Harry Callowe?, by Guy Boney ...... 69 A bill of John Ellicott's for turret clock repairs, by John R. Millburn ...... 77

Vol.17/2 William Bond Astronomical Regulator No 395, by R.J. Griffiths ...... 137 A Compteur Militaire pocket watch, by Joachim Mauss ...... 145 The Discontented Pendulum, an ephemeral tale, by David Penney ...... 164 The clock driven celestial globes of QiMei-Lu and others, by John H. Combridge ...... 165 The later Fromanteels, by Percy Dawson ...... 175 A Chronometer/Chronograph, by Leonard Paller ...... 179 The Shelton clock at Kodaikanal, by R.K. Kochhar ...... 181

Vol.17/3 The French Republican calendar, by Geoffrey Wilson ...... 249 A Joseph Knibb longcase clock with early anchor escapement, by Christopher Greenwood ...... 259 Horology under the hammer. (Auction review 1986-87), by R.J. Law...... 274 Watch making on the Naugatuck ...... 281 Treatise on marine timekeepers, by Charles K. Aked ...... 282 AHS Welsh tour 1987, some outstanding items, by Paul Tuck ...... 291

Vol.17/4 Wrist Watches 1910-1920, (An introductory study), by Dennis Harris ...... 357 Thomas Earnshaw's numbering sequence, by A.G. Randall ...... 367 A lathe for watchmaking (The development of the Swiss automatic lathe), by D.H. Bacon ...... 382 Winding Indicators. by A.M. Baldwin ...... 395

Vol.17/5 The cuckoo clocks of Johann Baptiste Beha, by Dr Wilhelm Scneider ...... 455 Julien Le Roy's improved horizontal sundial. by A.J. Turner ...... 463 The business records of Turner and Birch, 1834-1920. by Alun C. Davies ...... 478 The English Remontoire Escapement Regulator, by Christopher Wood ...... 483 An early lever escapement. by Charles K. Aked ...... 491

Vol.17/6 More tilting at Windmills, by J.A. Neale ...... 563 Three letters from George Graham, by Charles K. Aked ...... 597 An unusual chronometer timepiece attributed to John Roger Arnold, by Geoffrey C. Crabtree ...... 606 Barraud and Lund 2/847 (A detective story), by Leonard Paller ...... 608 Charles Goode - C.W. (An enigma), by Paul Tuck ...... 610 VOLUME 18 1989

Vol.18/1 The clocks of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Dr. D.R. Parr ...... 35 A documented Tompion watch, by Tom Robinson ...... 67 Hampton Court Palace Clock, by Helge B.J. Karlsen ...... 72 Three letters from George Graham (A postscript), by Charles K. Aked ...... 78 An unusual Grande Sonnerie movement, by John Winterton ...... 79

Vol.18/2 The technology of John Harrison's portable time keepers, part 1, by A.G. Randall...... 145 The universal sundials of Jacques Orzanam, by Rene R.J. Rohr (translated by A.R. Somerville) ...... 171 A presentation watch, by Geoffrey C. Crabtree ...... 178 Fine examples of Antiquarian Horology seen during the Scottish Tour, 1988. by Paul Tuck ...... 181

Vol.18/3 The technology of John Harrison's portable timekeepers, final part, by A.G. Randall ...... 261 Battle Church Clock, by E.J. Tyler ...... 287 An Unusual communication, by Leonard Paller...... 296 Joseph Preston and Sons, by Charles K. Aked ...... 298 English Grande Sonnerie clocks; an inventory, by John Winterton ...... 307

Vol.18/4 A medieval Catalan clepsydra and carillon, by Eduard Farre-Olive ...... 371 The Shanghai time ball of 1884, by John H. Combridge ...... 381 Old and new Technology in Watchmaking in Coventry, 1850-1920, by Alun C. Davies ...... 397 The Graham clock of Uppsala University, by G. Pipping...... 411 Petition of Edinburgh Watchmakers to Parliament, 1797-1798 (a guid gangin' plea), by Donald Whyte ...... 417 Royal Geographical Society No 5., by Don Levison ...... 423

Vol.18/5 Early mechanical horology in Italy, by Giuseppe Brusa ...... 485 A Bentley and Beck dead beat verge watch, by Major General D.A.K. Redman ...... 526 A Deacon Musical Clock, by B. Corbishley ...... 529

Vol.18/6 William Hardy and his Spring Pallet Regulators, by Charles Allix ...... 607 Observations of the Antikythera Mechanism, by Allan G. Bromley...... 641 The earliest photograph of a wristwatch? by David J. Boullin...... 653

VOLUME 19 1990

Vol.19/1 The Deal time ball, by Charles F.C. Beresford and John H. Combridge ...... 33 The British Watch and Clockmaking Company (some further notes), by R.F. Carrington...... 44 Richard Hornby, watch and chronometer manufacturer of Liverpool, by A.C. Purcell ...... 57 Chronological equilibrium (a mysterious clock made by J & A. McNab of Perth No 102), by Felix Hudson .. 68 More on Robert Gardner, by Charles Aked ...... 71 Vol.19/2 Seasonal-Hour Sundials, by Allan A. Mills ...... 147 An early quarter chiming thirty hour clock, by Tom Robinson ...... 188 Robert Gardner, an addendum, by Charles K. Aked ...... 190 Design analysis of a William Hardy regulator spring detent, by Leslie Paton ...... 193 Samuel Carpenter watch escapement, by Henry B. Fried ...... 202

Vol.19/3 Hamilton Marine Chronometer No 503, by A.G. Randall ...... 261 The oldest Zaanse Klok, by H.E. Glasins ...... 271 The 13th century King Hezekiah water clock; further addenda, by John H Combridge ...... 290 A short epistle to the longitudinarians, by Charles K. Aked ...... 292 English Grande Sonnerie clocks; A classification, by John Winterton ...... 301 Inland longcase clocks with a moon and tidal dial; An investigation, by P.A. Hewitt ...... 309

Vol.19/4 Clocks for the Emperor, by Allen H. Weaving ...... 367 Some early 19th century workmen, by Francis Wadsworth ...... 401 The painted dial in Ireland, by M.F. Tennant ...... 413 A few 18th century Liverpool/Prescot area toolmakers, by Ted Crom ...... 419

Vol.19/5 History of the horological collections in Dresd, by J. Schardin ...... 493 A half-hour repeating carriage clock, by M.P. Fernandez and P.C. Fernandez ...... 522 A pre-1750 minute repeating watch, by Arndt Simon ...... 525 An epicyclic equation gear dated 1711, by G. White ...... 531 A musical longcase clock by John Bicknill, Cirencester, by George Hornby ...... 539

Vol.19/6 E.T. Cottingham, F.R.A.S., by Dennis Jones ...... 593 The clocks of St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch, Essex, by E.J. Tyler ...... 617 Vulliamy clock numbering; A dated series, by Roger Smith ...... 620 Bradeley's primary and secondary patent electric clocks ...... 626 Researching turret clock history, by Alun C. Davies ...... 628

VOLUME 20 1992

Vol.20/1 Clock and watchmaking in Leicestershire and Rutland 1680-1900, by P.A. Hewitt ...... 31 A visit to Vulliamy's premises on 7th September,1786, by Beresford Hutchinson ...... 66 A visit to the clock factory of Messrs John Moore and Sons, Clerkenwell-Close, London, by Dennis Harris . 69 The accuracy of the foliot, by W. Houtkooper (translated by E.J. Tyler) ...... 74

Vol.20/2 Issac Newton's Sundials, by Allan A. mills ...... 126 Shedding light on the longcase white dial, by John Ballinger ...... 154 Harry Callowe; A sequel, by Guy Boney, Q.C...... 156 Perrault's hydraulic clock, by Charles K. Aked ...... 161 Vol.20/3 Berthoud in England, Harrison in France: The Transmission of Horological Knowledge in 18th Century Europe, by A.J. Turner ...... 219 American Section London Tour, Part 1, by Paul Middents ...... 252 Starting up a Watchmaking Business: James Richie of Edinburgh, 1809-1812, by Alun C. Davies ...... 260

Vol.20/4 What's wrong with Hardy's Escapement? : A re-appraisal, Christopher Wood ...... 315 The fascination of a free pendulum ...... 338 The case of William Jacques (William Jacques, CC, watch case maker), by A.J. Neale...... 340 American section London tour, 1991 (concluded) ...... 356

Vol.20/5 Paul Garnier Revisited, by Charles Allix ...... 411 Some notes on the Medieval Clock in Salisbury Cathedral, Michael Maltin ...... 438 John Smith Pittenweem, 1770-1814, part 2, Felix Hudson ...... 443 Precise ratio epicyclic gears by Onesiphore Pecquer, by G. White ...... 446

Vol.20/6 The Coventry Watch Movement Manufacturing Company Limited, by D.H. Bacon ...... 502 Clockmaking in York: An Overview, by John R.M. Setchell ...... 534 Paul Garnier's Engine Counter, by Christopher Hurrion ...... 541 The Two Clocks in Orleton Parish Church, by Graham Hodgetts ...... 547

VOLUME 21 1993

Vol.21/1 Christiaan Huygens, The Royal Society and Horology, by J.H. Leopold ...... 37 The Astronomers Royal and the Problem of Longitude, by Derek Howse ...... 43 John Harrison Copley Medallist, by Andrew King ...... 52 The Eighteenth Century Transit of Venus, The Voyages of Captain James Cook and the Early Development of the Marine Chronometer, by Jonathon Betts ...... 60 The Pit and the Pendulum: G.B. Airy and the Determination of Gravity, by Allan Chapman ...... 70

Vol.21/2 Vulliamy Musical Clocks for the Turkish Market, The Benhacok Clocks, by Roger Smith and David Thompson ...... 118 A minute repeating Watch Circa 1715. Friedberg's Ingenuity in a Biased Market, by Sebastian Whitestone ...... 145 Horology under the Hammer. Auction review 1992-93 Part 1 - Watches, by Paul Tuck ...... 158

Vol.21/3 Early Lancashire Watch Fusee Engines (Part 1), by P.H.J. Baker ...... 215 A Mid-Eighteenth Century Alarm by Gray and Vulliamy, by Charles Allix...... 241 Horology and Navigation: The Chronometers on Vancouver's Expedition, 1791-95, by Alun C. Davies ...... 244 Early Astronomical Watches, by George Foster ...... 256 Vol.21/4 Early Lancashire Watch Fusee Engines (Part II), by P.H.J. Baker ...... 315 Horology Under the Hammer, Auction Review 1993,Part- 2 Clocks, by Paul Tuck ...... 335 An Examination of the Cases of two Tompion Year Equation Clocks, by Tom Robinson...... 342 The Planet watchers of Greenwich, From Household Words, A Weekly Journal Conducted by Charles Dickens ...... 350 The Art of Time at Harvard: Museum Exhibitions at the Longitude Symposium, 1993, by Alun C. Davies . 352

Vol.21/5 The "Robert the Bruce Watch", by David Thompson ...... 407 Vulliamy Clock Numbering A postscript by Roger Smith ...... 427 John Smith Pittenweem, 1770-1814, Final Part, by Felix Hudson ...... 430 Who was Charles Shepherd? by Dr F.G. Shenton ...... 438 Restoration of the "Gros Horloge" at in 1889, by A.J. Turner ...... 446

Vol.21/6 Watchmaking in Wales, Part 1, by D.H. Bacon ...... 495 Charles Shepherd's Electric Clocks, by Denys Vaughan ...... 519 Notes on Toy Watches, by Simon Bendall ...... 531 Clocks in the Greenwich List of Observatories Amendment List No 1, by Derek Howse ...... 536 A Perpetual Almanack, by Charles Aked ...... 540

VOLUME 22 1995

Vol.22/1 Early Musical Clocks, by J.J.L. Haspels...... 23 Horology under the Hammer Watches at Auction, 1993-1994 by Paul Tuck ...... 50 Watchmaking in Wales, Part 2, by D.H. Bacon ...... 58 Vulliamy Musical Clocks, by Roger Smith and David Thompson ...... 66

Vol.22/2 1 Frank Hope-Jones and George Bennett Bowell a study of the period 1895-1905, by J.S. Cowsill ...... 118 List of Lists by Francis Wadsworth...... 130 Water-Driven Clocks, by Allan A. Mills ...... 136 The Meandering Microcosm, by John R. Millburn ...... 160 Thomas Yeates Revisited, by Albert Oldmark ...... 162 A Wall Alarm Clock by James Woolley of Codnor, by Jeff Darken ...... 164

Vol.22/3 Two Henry Hindleys in Greater Manchester, by Edmund Davies ...... 166 A Very Important Chapter Added to the History of the Self-Winding Watch, by Joseph Flores ...... 214 Two Vulliamy Watches with Royal Associations,David Thompson and Roger Smith ...... 230 Picture Gallery. 30 hour clock by Humphrey Marsh of Highworth ...... 248 Hourglasses on Some English and Scottish Tombstones, by David J. Boullin and Anne Nairn-Clark ...... 252 John Joyne, Secret Agent, by Ivan Slee ...... 254 Vol.22/4 Horology Under the Hammer, by Paul Tuck...... 302 The Kessels Sidereal Clock, by Christopher Wood ...... 312 The Fruit and Flowers of James Wilson, by M.H. Tennant ...... 320 Picture Gallery, Paton’s Plate ...... 339 Optional Extras, Henry Hindley of York, by J.R. Melvin...... 344

Vol.22/5 Josiah Emery, Watchmaker of Charing Cross, by Jonathon Betts ...... 394 The Meath-Bowell Constant Force Electrically Maintained Clock, by Richard Good...... 402 The Marine Chronometers in the Collection of The Mariners Museum, by Willem F.J. Morzer Bruyns and Jeanne Willoz-Egnor ...... 409 The Accurate Compensation of Graham's Mercurial Pendulum, by A.D. Stewart ...... 416 The Planet Watchers of Greenwich, by Graham Hodgetts ...... 436 A Knibb Conundrum, by Ron Kirkpatrick...... 438 Thomas Tompion No 300, by John Winterton ...... 440 George Graham and two Manchester Men, by Edmund Davies ...... 442

Vol.22/6 The Third Seafaring Nation: The Introduction of the Marine Chronometer in the Netherlands, by J.H. Leopold ...... 486 Horology under the Hammer: Watches at Auction, Part 1, by Paul Tuck ...... 501 Josiah Emery: Part 2, Precision Pioneer, by Jonathan Betts ...... 510 An Articulated Rack, by Tim Branfield ...... 541 A Mystery Timer by John A. Robey ...... 542 The Hourglass and Trade Symbols on Scottish Tombstones, Further Notes, by John M.T. Howat and Trudie E. Roberts ...... 544

VOLUME 23 1996

Vol.23/1 Josiah Emery: Part 3, The Lever Escapement, by Jonathan Betts ...... 26 Horology Under the Hammer: Watches at Auction, Part 2, by Paul Tuck ...... 45 Horology and Acts of Parliament, by G.H. Sykes ...... 67 Pin Countwheels, by John A. Robey ...... 71

Vol.23/2 Watch Production in English Factories, 1870-1930, by D.H. Bacon ...... 117 Josiah Emery: Part 4, The Surviving Lever Watches, by Jonathan Betts ...... 134 E. Pitcher & Co. (1880-1973), by Harvey Pitcher ...... 151 Manton's 'In Vacuo' Chronometers, by Christopher Wood ...... 165 Trade Symbols on a Scottish Tombstone, by Paul H.J. Baker ...... 168 Fire At Thwaites, by Roger Smith ...... 172 Watch Statistics, by Chris Mckay ...... 172

Vol.23/3 Josiah Emery: Part 5, The Late Marine Timekeepers, by Jonathan Betts ...... 216 James Murray, Horologist of Distinction: London and Calcutta, by Geoffrey C. Crabtree ...... 233 The Performance of a Victorian Dead-Beat Regulator by Richard Webster, by A.D. Stewart ...... 241 Picture Gallery, Monument to Henry Jones in St Dunstans in the West ...... 257 Experts and Collectors by John Plowman ...... 260 Vol.23/4 The Watches of Ellicotts of London: Part 1, by David Thompson ...... 306 British Railway Clocks II. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway & Constituent Companies, by D.R. Parr ...... 322 Some Account of Liverpool Watch Case Makers, 1785-1798, by D.S. Moore and P.T. Priestley ...... 341

Vol.23/5 Clockmaking in Medieval Prague, by Jaroslav Folta ...... 405 Horology Under the Hammer: Clocks at Auction, by Paul Tuck...... 418 The Watches of Ellicotts of London:Part 2, by David Thompson ...... 429

Vol.23/6 Corrigendum: Medieval Clockmaking in Prague ...... 507 The Marine Chronometers of the Baudin Expedition to Australia, by Hilary King ...... 508 Louise Berthoud and the Finding of Longitude at Sea, by Jean-Claude Sabrier ...... 522 James Foggo: Watchmaker & Radical, by Mike & Chris Helps ...... 535 Early Automatic Wristwatches ...... 550

VOLUME 24 1998

Vol.24/1 The Double Clocks by Daniel Quare, by Jonathan Betts ...... 30 A new Method of Examining the Profiles of Watch Gear Teeth, by Paul H J Baker ...... 36 The Transmission of Time by Wireless, by David Read ...... 42 The Great Lantern Clock from Sutton Court, by David Evans ...... 47 Horological & Other items held in the British Museum for the Society ...... 66 Picture Gallery: Old Sundials Cigarette Cards W D & H O Wills ...... 63

Vol.24/2 Surviving Marine Timekeepers by Louise Berthoud, by Hilary King ...... 119 William Bowyer Great Clock Maker, by John Hooper ...... 122 A Proposal for the Striking Mechanism on the Wallingford Clock, by Daryl Bender ...... 134 Watchmen’s Clocks, by Alfred Thomas ...... 141 ‘Nix’ and Old Clocks Alfred Jonathan Nixseaman (1886-1977), by David Nixseaman ...... 147 A 30 Hour Clock by Thomas Kefford, with an unusual Countwheel, by David Harris ...... 149 Picture Gallery: William Cattell longcase, 152 Richard Colston bracket clock ...... 154

Vol.24/3 A Bell Ringer’s Clock, by Michael Grange ...... 210 A Proposal for the Eclipse Mechanism on the Wallingford Clock, by Daryl Bender ...... 217 Henry Harper or Harpur 1642-1708, by Selby Whittingham ...... 225 Archibald Miller Clockmaker & the Hammermen of Glasgow, by Trevor Waddington ...... 229 The detrmination of the Difference in meridians of the Paris & Greenwich Observatories, by Christopher Wood ...... 234 Countwheels with projections & Pins, by John Robey ...... 237 The Watches of Barwise of London, by David Thompson ...... 240 Picture Gallery:Long Case clock signed by Jan Heyder Amsterdam c.1740 ...... 246 Vol.24/4 Time & The BBC, by Geoffrey Goodship ...... 307 Pierre le Roy’s Watches ‘for the use of Astronomers & Seamen’, by Jean-Claude Sabrier ...... 315 Josiah Emery’s First Lever Watch, by Jonathan Betts ...... 326 The ‘Tompion’ Clocks at Northill & Ickwell-A Reappraisal, by Chris Pickford ...... 332 The Archer Family of Clockmakers, by Barnaby Smith ...... 345 Thomas Lister’s Artificial Clockmaker, by David Barker ...... 353 Picture Gallery: A Christmas card from the Synchronome Factory 1911...... 357

Vol.24/5 The English Watchmaker’s Mandrel, Its Origins & development Part I, by P H J Baker & R J Law ...... 415 The Devil Tavern Group, by Roger Smith ...... 427 The First Steps of the Pendulum as a Timekeeper, by R D & R J C Dobson ...... 432 Horology under the Hammer Watches at Auction 1996-1998, by Paul Tuck ...... 442 Samuel Deacon’s First Clock?, by W J Thornton ...... 455 Picture Gallery: Bracket Clock, by Francis Robinson ...... 458 Quarter repeating pair-cased watch signed by Thompion ...... 460

Vol.2/6 Rediscovering Josef Weidenheimer (1758-1795) and Clockmaking in the German-speaking Countries, by Peter Friess ...... 523 The English Watchmaker’s Mandrel Part II, by P H J Baker & R J Law ...... 539 Horological Wheel Cutting by mechanical Means, by Jeremy Evans ...... 551 The York Mansion House Clocks by Henry Hindley, by David Barker...... 556 French Morez Tower Clocks, by Charles Allix ...... 567 Picture Gallery: Silver Cased Verge Independent Stop Watch by Daniel Delander ...... 570

VOLUME 25 1999

Vol.25/1 Sun,Moon & Stars, Telling the time with Astronomical Instruments from the British Museum, by Silke Ackermann ...... 31 Picture Gallery: Lantern Clock Dial by Benjamin Hill, ...... 47 The Cathedral Clock, by Gunther Oestmann ...... 50 Turret Clocks with Off-set Pendulums, by David W Durst ...... 64 Horology under the Hammer, 1996-1998, by David Harris ...... 69 The Twenty Four Hour Striking Mechanism described in the Richard of Wallingford Manuscript, by Kenneth J Ming ...... 85

Vol.25/2 Scallop-shell Marked Turret Clocks, Leonard Tennant Turret-Clock Maker & His School Part I, by Jeremy Evans ...... 149 The Vertical . Mechanical Evidence & Early Eye-Witnesses, by G Brusa and J.H.Leopold ...... 166 John Flamsteed, Richard Towneley and the Equation of Time, by Tony Kitto ...... 180 A reconstruction of the Tompion/Towneley/Flamsteed ‘Great Clocks’ at Greenwich, by Alan Smith ...... 185 Missing Watch case marks 1739-1770, by Philip Priestley ...... 191 Black Forest Wheel Cutting Engines or Raderschneidzeug, by Theodore R Crom ...... 198 Picture Gallery: Astronomical regulator by George Graham 1750; Lund’s Patent Synchronised Clock c.1880; Precision Interval timer by William Hardy c1825; a bracket clock by William Cattell c.1685; ...... 201 Vol.25/3 AHS Continental Study Tour Sept 1999, by Jim Arnfield & Denys Vaughan ...... 263 Early English Pendulum Clocks, by Michael Hurst ...... 278 Picture Gallery: Detached Centre-Seconds Gold Watch; Rocking Bow watch; Watch by the New York Standard Watch Co.; an unusual system of alarm work ...... 293 A regulator for Nice Observatory in 1930, by Francois Le Guet Tully & Anthony Turner ...... 297 Scallop-shell Marked Turret Clocks, Leonard Tennant Turret-Clock Maker and his school Part II, by Jeremy Evans ...... 303 Samuel Deacon ‘An Account of Myself’ Part I, by W.J. Thornton ...... 324

Vol.25/4 Scallop-shell Marked Turret Clocks, Leonard Tennant Turret-Clock Maker and his school Part III, by Jeremy Evans ...... 388 A reassessment of the Clocks of John Hilderson & other members of the ‘East School’, by Anthony Weston 407 Horology Under the hammer: Clocks in auction during 1999, by David Harris ...... 433 Notes: An unusual Tavern Clock by John Drury, by Thomas Ellis-Rees...... 450 An early Turret Clock at Beaulieu Abbey?, by William Linnard ...... 453 Picture Gallery: Illustrations found on 19th century Longcase clock dials, by Frances Tennant ...... 454

Vol.25/5 Watches in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford Part I, by David Thompson ...... 501 Picture Gallery: A Memorail in The Frauenkirche, ; a Bristol style lantern clock dial; a Calendar for Life ...... 520 Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises: or Every Man his own Clock-Smith, by M.T Wright ...... 524 Samuel Deacon ‘An Acount of Myself’ Part II - The First Notebook, by W.J. Thornton ...... 532 A Perpetual Almanack ‘Ionathan Ienins Owner Raiph Rowntre Me Fecit’, by Jeff Darken ...... 541 A Quarter-striking Longcase by Whitehurst of Derby No.2830, by Tobias Birch...... 550 Hindley of York: an Eight Day Long-case Clock, by Trevor Waddington ...... 554

Vol.25/6 Tompion’s smallest clock copied and contemplated, by Sebastian Whitehouse ...... 617 Watches in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford Part II, by David Thompson ...... 622 William Palmer & his Electric Clock System, by Denys Vaughan ...... 643 The McCabes Watch & Clockmakers of Ulster Part I, by David A Bell ...... 653 A rare Philadelphia Longcase Clock by William Stretch with Bolt-and-Shutter maintaining power, by Richard A Mones ...... 680 Picture Gallery: an early Provincial Eight-Day Clock; a deck watch/hack watch by Pennington London ..... 641

VOLUME 26 2001

Vol.26/1 Horology Under the Hammer Watches at Auction 1998-2000, by Paul Tuck ...... 25 Arnold 75 revisited, by M.E. Cattermole ...... 42 Benjamin Hill Some Further Notes, by Jeremy Evans ...... 52 The McCabes Watch & Clockmakers of Ulster Part II, by David A Bell ...... 62 The Cassiobury Park and Dover Castle Turret Clocks Some Further Notes, by Ken Ming ...... 79 Picture Gallery: Portrait Medal of Ferdinando Carli...... 84 Vol.26/2 The Vaughans of Pontypool A Family of Clockmakers & Their Clocks, by William Linnard ...... 137 Leicester’s Automaton Clock, by Allan A Mills...... 149 George Newton of Seend – A Recently Discovered Clock, by John Hooper ...... 160 Thomas Tompion’s Workmens’ Clocks, by Jonathan Betts ...... 165 A History of the Clock from Holy Trinity Church, Whitehaven, by Paul Platt ...... 175 The Clocks of St Andrew Hubbard Eastcheap Billingsgate, by Jeremy Evans ...... 179 Short notes on a clock by Hilkiah Bedford, by Jeff Darken ...... 184 Picture Gallery: A Mid-Seventeenth Century Musical Box ...... 188

Vol.26/3 Picture Gallery: An early rack lever pocket watch by Peter Litherland; a Musical Spring Clock by Joseph Antram 1715 ...... 242 The Brockbanks - Chronometer Makers of London Part I, by F von Osterhausen ...... 244 James Harold Agar Baugh Pendulum Maker, by Alfred Thomas ...... 257 Samuel Deacon ‘An account of Myself’ Part III – The First Notebook, by W.J. Thornton ...... 263 The Horologium-a Critical Review, by R.C and R.J.C Dobson ...... 274 A Gold Watch for Captain Smith, by David Thompson ...... 281 A Thirty-hour Musical Clock by Arthur David, by John Hooper ...... 284

Vol.26/4 The Brockbanks Chronometer Makers of London Part II, by F von Osterhausen ...... 355 Picture Gallery: A mechanical Almanack by Christian Boyling, Gothic Wall Clock 1533, Domestic iron clocks by Erhard Liechti 1572 ...... 376 Philip Melanchton’s Watch dated 1530, by Maia Wellington Gahtan & George Thomas ...... 377 Black Forest Clockmakers Carriers and Retailers with UK connections, by Paul Buck ...... 389 Westfield’s Paten, by Paul Tuck ...... 407 Clocks of the Church of Allhallows Staining, by Jeremy Evans ...... 414 A Norman Carved Stone used as a Church Clock Weight, by Graham Hodgetts ...... 424

Vol.26/5 Langley Bradley: ’A Judicious Workman’ Part I: Historical Details & Domestic Output, by Brynn Hodgson ...... 477 Picture Gallery: Detached English Lever Watch with Massey Escapement; Timepiece by John Drury; Open face chronograph by John Poole, London 1874 ...... 500 Some Early Clocks from , by John Leopold ...... 505 Samuel Harlow of Ashbourne and his Longcase Movements, by John A. Robey ...... 527 An unusual longcase clock with astronomical dial, by Mike Cowham ...... 546

Vol.26/6 Langley Bradley: ’A Judicious Workman’ Part II Turret Clocks, by Brynn Hodgson ...... 611 Picture Gallery: The Selby Lowndes Tompion No 217 ...... 626 French Clocks in American Collections, by William J Andrewes ...... 628 Notes: The Torado Court Cases: Robbery & Murder, by Jeremy Evans ...... 654 The Werner Tabernacle Clock, by Thomas Ellis Rees ...... 659 Queen Caroline’s Watch, by Clare Woodward ...... 664 VOLUME 27 2002

Vol.27/1 Horological News – Dan Parkes’ obit...... 28 Langley Bradley: ‘A Judicious Workman’ Part III: St Paul’s Cathedral, by Brynn Hodgson ...... 35 Samuel Deacon ’An Account of Myself’ Part IV – The First Notebook, by W J Thornton ...... 52 Makers of London and Liverpool – Some Observations and lists, by J Evans ...... 63 More Mudge Milestones, by John Cheetham ...... 90 Henry Hindley and the Lancashire Connection, by Chris Watson ...... 94 Picture Gallery: Two Orpheus clocks ...... 106

Vol.27/2 The Early Watchmakers of Toxteth Park Near Liverpool and the origins of the industry, The Aspinwalls with notes on their successors, by R J Griffiths ...... 163 Henry Jones – Clockmaker of London. Part I of IV: His Life, by C Stuart Kelley ...... 179 Joseph Knibb’s first Grand Sonnerie Clock, by John C Taylor ...... 196 Picture Gallery: Silver Deck watch by Charles Frodsham; Micrometer Chronograph by Nielsen; Frank Holden Electric Clock ...... 202 Donald Hill and Arabic Water-Clocks, by A J Turner ...... 206

Vol.27/3 Epicyclic Gearing & the Atikethyra Mechanism Part I, by M T Wright ...... 270 The Completest Piece I Made - Samuel Deacon’s Musical Clock, by W J Thornton ...... 280 John Holmes, A View on his Life and Work, by Chris Watson...... 289 Octavius Morgan, Horological Collector Part I: The Early Years, by David Thompson ...... 302 Picture Gallery: Three dialled astronomical clock by Thomas Barry ...... 322 Note: Baker’s Patent Chronometer by John Clifford ...... 327 Note: The colourful Douglas Lapraik by Peter Hansell ...... 331 Roll of Founder Members ...... 333

Vol.27/4 French Oignon Watches with a Central Fusee, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 380 Picture Gallery – The Utrecht Jacquemarts Musical Clock, John Arnol Marine Chronometer No.12 ...... 388 Was Banger really Fired?, by Guy Boney ...... 392 Octavius Morgan, Horological Collector Part II, by David Thompson ...... 406 Note: English Keyless Winding Watches, by M Gibbons ...... 423 Note: The Early Background of Samuel Deacon, by W J Thornton ...... 428

Vol.27/5 Samuel Knibb’s Cupola Clock: Modern techniques aid restoration Decisions, by Matthew King and John C. Taylor ...... 499 William Murdock 1745-1839, by J M Plowman ...... 502 John Hyancinthe Magellan (1722-1790) Part 1: Horological and Scientific Agent, by J.Betts...... 509 Henry Jones –Clockmaker of London Part II of IV: His work, by C Stuart Kelley ...... 518 Picture Gallery: Sundials in Devon & Cornwall ...... 547 Vol.27/6 Picture Gallery: Lantern Clock by Samuel Stretch...... 608 The Kingwood Graham ...... 612 Octavius Morgan: Horological Collector Part III, by D. Thompson ...... 618 John Holmes (1727-97) Time for a Further Look, by C. Watson ...... 643 John White of Coventry: Watchmaker to the Admiralty, by J Hassell ...... 654 Almanus Re-Examined, by J Leopold ...... 665 Notes: An astronomical Journeyman Clock by John Holmes, by M Read ...... 673 Notes: Two rare books, by Jonathan Betts ...... 677 Notes: New books old books and some thoughts on , by Jeff Darken ...... 681

VOLUME 28 2004

Vol.28/1 The King, the Clock and the Blue Whale, by Maria van Kersen-Halbertsma ...... 32 An examination of World Globe Clocks, by Edward Powell ...... 37 The Lever Escapement, the Unexplained Divergence of Developments on the European Continent and in England, by Adolphe Chapiro ...... 52 Picture Gallery: Astronomical Clock by John Naylor ...... 73 Four train Musical Clock by Samuel Deacon ...... 78 Notes: The Sundial at St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, by Michael Page ...... 83 Hammer Marks as a Diagnostic Method in Horology, by John Robey ...... 85 A Lantern Clock with three dials, by Mike Cowham ...... 88 The Rouse Regulator, by Simon Johnson ...... 91

Vol.28/2 Thomas Tompion’s Spring Clock Innovations, by John Taylor ...... 153 John Hyacinth de Magellan Part 2: The early clocks, by Jonathan Betts ...... 173 Picture Gallery: Jules Jurgensen Watch ...... 184 Two Cuckoo Clocks by Johan Baptist Beha ...... 187 Henry Jones Clockmaker of London Part III of IV: The engraving on his clocks, by C Stuart Kelley ...... 192 Notes: The Folio Turret Clock at Llanthony, by William Linnard...... 240 The Horological Gravestone in Lydford Parish, by Silvio Bedini...... 245

Vol.28/3 Thomas Tompion at the Dial and Three crowns, by Jeremy Evans ...... 316 Octavius Morgan, Horological Collector Part IV, by David Thompson ...... 337 Mudge and Reynolds, by Sebastian Whitestone ...... 348 The Other Turret Clock from Cassiobury, by Ken Ming ...... 353 Picture Gallery: Thomas Starck Monstrance Clock ...... 360 Leroy & Cie Chronostat III ...... 365 Peter Farvarger & Cie Railway Chronograph ...... 366 Thirty Hour Clock Malkin-Kirby ...... 368 Thomas Tompion’s Two Train Grande Sonnerie Mechanism, by George Daniels ...... 370 Vol.28/4 Thomas Tompion at the Dial and Three Crowns, Part II, by Jeremy Evans ...... 437 Tompion No 145 A True Dutch Striking English Clock, by Melgert Spaander ...... 460 The Touch of Time, Helen Keller & her Pocket Watch, by Silvio A Bedini ...... 473 Notes: Repair of worn clock pinions & pivots by laser welding, by Brian Coles and Peter Powell ...... 480 Henry Ireland at Ye Bell in Louthbury Fecit, by Jeff Darken & Tom Spittler ...... 485 St Peter Port’s Town Clock, by Malcolm Savage ...... 488 Notes on the Pendulum of the Great Westminster Clock, by John Warner ...... 490 Picture Gallery: A Renaissance Clock Case ...... 453 John Ellicott Longcase Regulator ...... 456

Vol.28/5 The Coster-Fromanteel Contract Re-examined, by Frits van Kersen ...... 561 Some more notes on the Coster-fromanteel Contract, by J Leopold ...... 568 17th & 18th century clock demand, production & survival an economical & statistical analysis, by Chris H K Williams ...... 571 Who Invented rack & snail Striking? The early development of Repeat & rack striking, by John Robey ...... 584 Octavius Morgan, Horological Collector Part V, by David Thompson...... 602 Detailed notes on Samuel Deacon’s Musical Clock of 1790, by Jeff Darken ...... 619 Picture Gallery: Gold Pocket Chronometer David Morice, London ...... 636 Half-Quarter repeater Godfrie Poy, London ...... 638 Victorian Strut Clock ...... 642

Vol.28/6 The Hermitage Peacock, by Yuna Zek and Roger Smith ...... 699 Henry Jones- Clockmaker of London Part IV of IV, by C Stuart Kelley ...... 721 Ludlow Church Bells, Clock & Chimes 1460-1900, by Michael Page ...... 744 Pneumatic Clocks, by David Read ...... 754 Timepiece for a Pontiff? by Silvio Bedini ...... 765 Picture Gallery: 30hr wall alarm clock, by Wm Warren, London ...... 717 30hr wall alarm clock by Thos. Ranger, Chipstead ...... 718 Rolex Prince Wristwatch ...... 720

VOLUME 29 2005

Vol 29/1 Sir Thomas Wendy’s Lantern Clock by W.J. Thornton ...... 28 Portable Sundial Making in Nuremberg, by Mike Cowham ...... 45 Epicyclic Gearing and the Antikythera Mechanism, Part II, by M.T. Wright ...... 51 The Clockmakers of Charing, Kent, by Chris H K Williams ...... 64

Vol 29/2 The Hindleys, the Bradshaws and the Farmer’s Watch, by Chris Watson ...... 164 Clocks in the Church of Saint Jerome at Digne-les-bains, 1414-1985, by Anthony Turner ...... 170 An Iden Timepiece, by J. Plowman ...... 179 Octavius Morgan, Horological Collector Part Six, by David Thompson ...... 189 Huber-Mudge and the first Constant Force Escapement, by Anthony G. Randall with an Introduction by Derek Pratt ...... 217 Ludlow Church Bells, Clock & Chimes 1460-1900 Part 2 – The Chimes of St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, by Michael Page...... 227 Vol 29/3 The Antikythera Mechanism and the early History of the Moon-phase display, by M.T. Wright ...... 319 Swedish Forgeries, by Jan Kraminer ...... 330 Some Mid-eighteenth Century Craftsmen Gray & Vulliamy Outworkers and Suppliers c.1760, by Roger Smith ...... 348 ‘Occasion’s Bald Behind’ A Neoclassical Dial by John Owen of Llanrwst, by William Linnard ...... 359 The Church Clocks of Charing, Kent, by Chris H.K. Williams ...... 371

Vol 29/4 John Harrison and the Astronomers Royal of his Period, by Arnold Wolfendale ...... 468 John Harrison Clockmaker, Part 1: His First Longcase Clocks, 1713-17, by Andrew King ...... 475 John Harrison’s Watchcase Makers, by Philip Priestley ...... 489 John Harrison Clockmaker, Part 2: The Brocklesby Turret Clock, c.1722, by Andrew King ...... 496 Harrison’s Grasshopper Escapement, by John C. Taylor ...... 513 The Fate of Harrison’s Timekeepers, by Jonathan Betts ...... 522 A Chronology of John Harrison, by Andrew King ...... 528 Bibliography of Published and Manuscript Sources Relating to John Harrison, by William J.H. Andrewes 530 The Images of John Harrison, by Andrew King ...... 538

Vol 29/5 Maria and Ruth Belville: Competition for Greenwich Time Supply, by David Rooney ...... 614 Octavius Morgan, Horological Collector, Part Seven, by David Thompson ...... 629 The Eminent Pierre Le Roy in the Art of Timekeeping, Part 1: up to about 1765, by Giuseppe Brusa and Charles Allix ...... 645 Scientists, Sea Trials and International Espionage: Who Really Invented the Balance Spring Watch?, by Lisa Jardine ...... 663

Vol 29/6 The Early Balance Spring Watch: A Brief History, by Martin Ball...... 760 The Eminent Pierre Le Roy in the Art of Timekeeping, Part II: Marine Timekeepers and Watches, by Charles Allix and Giuseppe Brusa ...... 775 Evidence from the Transient: The Importance of Ephemera for a Proper Understanding of the Clock and Watch Trades: Part I, by David Penney ...... 790 ‘A Clock for the Rooms’: The Horological Legacy of the Library Company of Philadelphia, by Jay Robert Stiefel ...... 804 VOLUME 30 2007

Vol 30/1 John Hyacinth De Magellan (1722-1790) Part3: The Later Clocks and Watches, by Jonathan Betts ...... 25 Evidence from the Transient: The Importance of Ephemera for a Proper Understanding of the Clock and Watch Trades: Part II, by David Penney ...... 45 Evan Davies alias Myfyr Morganwg Arch-druid, Philomath, Clockmaker, by William Linnard ...... 66 Some Notes on an Iron-framed Chamber Clock, by K.J. Ming ...... 76 An Unusual Split-second Chronograph made by Clerke, 1 Royal Exchange, London, by Mike Cowham...... 82 Eardley Norton’s 1771 Patent for Striking Clocks & Repeating Watches, by John A. Robey...... 88

Vol 30/2 Evidence from the Transient: The Importance of Ephemera for a Proper Understanding of the Clock and Watch Trades: Part III, by David Penney ...... 177 The Prototypes of ‘Hague Clocks’ and ‘Pendules Religieuses’ 350 Years after Salomon Coster’s First Clock, by Reinier Plomp ...... 196 Birmingham Dialmakers: Some Biographical Notes: Part I, by John A. Robey ...... 209 A Striking Discovery: The Seal of a Horologiarius, by Nicola Rogers and Richard Hall ...... 223

Vol 30/3 Some Seventeenth-century Painted Enamel Watch-cases and their Movements, by Clare Vincent ...... 317 A Claim for Finding the Longitude at Sea by Zumbach de Koesfelt, by Hans Hooijmaijers ...... 347 John Hyacinth De Magellan (1722-1790) Part 4: The Precision Pioneers, by Jonathan Betts...... 365 The Jourdain Family of Spitalfields, London Specialists in Chime and Musical Work, by Clive Ponsford .... 380

Vol 30/4 Birmingham Dialmakers: some Biographical Notes: Part II, by John A. Robey ...... 470 Chronometers on East India Company Ships 1800 to 1833, by Phillip Arnott ...... 481 ‘Such Great Inventors as the Late Mr Lund’: An Introduction to The Standard Time Company, 1870-1970, by James Nye & David Rooney ...... 501 Wills of Clock and Watchmakers on-line from The National Archives: Part I, by Clive N. Ponsford...... 524

Vol 30/5 A Pendulum Clock owned by the Danish Astronomer Ole Rømer (1644-1710), by Reinier Plomp ...... 624 The Sing-song Trade: Exporting Clocks to China in the Eighteenth Century, by Roger Smith...... 629 The Longcase Painted Dial in Liverpool, by Frances Tennant...... 659 Two Renaissance Clocks Punchmarked PP, by Michael Hurst ...... 675 Wills of Clock and Watchmakers on-line from The National Archives: Part II : The City of London and Middlesex (A-J), by Clive N. Ponsford ...... 680

Vol 30/6 Notes on the Patent, Functionality and Mechanisms of the Portable Pillar Barometers by Daniel Quare, by Richard Higgins ...... 787 The Octavius Morgan Archive: Addenda, by David Thompson ...... 798 Wills of Clock and Watchmakers on-line from The National Archives: Part III : The City of London and Middlesex (K-Z), by Clive N. Ponsford ...... 804 The Early English Balance Spring Watch: The Hardware 1665-1677/8, by Martin Ball ...... 818 An Invasion in Time: American Horology and the British Market, by Alun C. Davies ...... 829 THE ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No. 260925 President: Sir Arnold Wolfendale FRS Chairman: Ken Shenton Secretary: Mrs W. Barr Accountant: Philip Gambrill Librarian: A. Mitchell All correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary at ‘New House’, High Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AL. Tel: (01580) 200155, fax: (01580) 201323, e-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ahsoc.org VOLUME THIRTY-ONE

AntiQuarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society Issued Quarterly to Members Editor: Dr Jeffrey Darken (issues 1 to 4) and Dr Peter de Clercq (issues 5 and 6) Editorial Advisory Panel: C.R.P. Allix (issue 1), M.G. Hurst, R.J. Law, J. Nye (issue 6), D. Thompson

LIST OF ARTICLES

Wills of Clock and Watchmakers On-line The Leppers of Belfast From The National Archives: Part IV Case Makers by David A. Bell------353 and other Specialist Tradesmen (London Area) The Deacon Family – the Numbers Game by Clive N. Ponsford------31 by Colin Andrew------361 Wills of Clock and Watchmakers On-line Quaker Letters to a Watchmaker from The National Archives: Part V Wills Proved by William Linnard------454 in Country Courts by Clive N. Ponsford------39 The Contribution of South-west Lancashire to Horology Part 1: Watch and Chronometer Longcase Clocks from the North of England Movement Making and Finishing by John Robey------43 by A. A. Treherne ------457 Observatory Time by Radio: 1901 to 1970 from the Eiffel Tower to UTC and the Arrival of Some Literary Subjects as Decorations on French Radio Controlled Clocks Enamel Painted Watches from the middle by David Read------65 of the Seventeenth Century: Part 2 by Hans Boeckh------477 William Harper of Antrim by David A. Bell------184 English Marquetry Table Clocks by Robert Donaldson------499 A Supplementary List of Clocks made by the Jourdain Family of Spitalfields, London An Early ‘Silent Pull’ Clock with Gathered Rack by Clive N. Ponsford------188 by Brounker Watts, c.1695 by Phillip Arnott------517 Sir Edward Dering’s ‘Booke of Expences’ 1617-28: His Horological Purchases, William Barrett of The Earliest Pendulum Clocks: A Re-Evaluation Ashford & Jacques of London by David Penney------614 by Chris H.K. Williams------194 “Not a Bad Timekeeper: The English Lantern The Identification and Attribution of Christiaan Clock in the Seventeenth Century” Huygens’ First Pendulum Clock by George White------621 by Sebastian Whitestone------201 The Ingold Episode Revisited: The Scientific Anchorite – Johnson Jex the Norfolk English Watchmaking’s Pyrrhic Victory Clockmaker: The Story of his Unique Lathe by Alun C. Davies------637 Donald J. Unwin and David W. Durst------320 William Caslon’s Foundry Clock Some Literary Subjects as Decorations on French by Clive N. Ponsford------655 Enamel Painted Watches from the middle of the Seventeenth Century: Part 1 A Clock Commemorating a Huguenot Martyr by Hans Boeckh------331 by Harry Smith------744

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The Intelligencer and the Instrument Maker: Samuel Deacon and Apprentices Early Communications in the Development of the by Colin Andrew & W John Thornton------769 Pendulum Clock by Rebecca Pohancenic------747 The Secret of Ploërmel: Brother Bernardin’s ------Astronomical Clock John Linnard of Swansea: The Story of Two by Bernard North ------783 Clockmakers and Their Clocks by William Linnard------757

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LIST OF NOTES A Welsh Clock Club in 1812 A Clock Dial by Thomas Elmes by William Linnard------88 by Jeff Darken------659 Watches – A Pamphlet by J.B. Thomas by Andrew James ------223

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PICTURE GALLERY An Early Seventeenth Century Lantern Clock Two Early Three-Train Clocks by Joseph Knibb--- 369 signed ‘William Bowyer Fecit’------92 Longcase Clock by Ahasuerus Fromanteel, c.1660 A 30-Hour Clock With Alarm The Museum of the History of Science, signed ‘Edward Sidwell Londini’------96 University of Oxford, Inventory No. 54420----- 378 A ‘Painted Dial’ Watch Movement nd. by Charles Marlow of Coventry------98 ‘Pendulum = Clock’ signed 2 James Harrison Barrow 1727------525 A ‘Painted Dial’ Watch t signed ‘Rob Walton, London’------102 John Harrison’s 1st Marine Timekeeper H1------662

Longcase Clock by Ahasuerus Fromanteel, c.1660 S The Museum of the History of Science, A Tell-Tale Clock signed JA WHITELAW, University of Oxford, Inventory No. 54420----- 230 EDINBURGH------791

Antiquarian Horology 888 THE ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No. 260925 President: Sir Arnold Wolfendale FRS Chairman: Ken Shenton / David Thompson Secretary: Mrs W. Barr Accountant: Philip Gambrill Librarian: A. Mitchell All correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary at ‘New House’, High Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AL. Tel: (01580) 200155, fax: (01580) 201323, e-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ahsoc.org VOLUME THIRTY-TWO

Antiquarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society Issued Quarterly to Members Editor: Dr Peter de Clercq Editorial Advisory Panel: M.G. Hurst, R.J. Law, J. Nye, D. Thompson

LIST OF ARTICLES

The Gawen Brown Family and ‘The Last Apprentice’ Turret Clock ‘Discoveries’ by Chris Watson------31 by Clive Ponsford------250 Claude Duchesne − Huguenot Clockmaker The Coster-Fromanteel Contract: by Glen Blake, Christine Wintle and John Gill- 43 John Fromanteel’s Brass and Steel

A Watch with Breguet’s Échappement Naturel by John C. Taylor------336 by Keith Orford------52 Clock Making in Twentieth-Century England Twelve 10 x 8 inch Glass Plate Clock Negatives and Wales: Part 2 by John Glanville and Bill Wolmuth by Peter Gosnell------71 ------343 The Life and Work of Louis Essen (1908−1997), New Discoveries of Clocks by Samuel Roberts Father of Atomic Time of Llanfair Caereinion

by Ray Essen------81 by W.T.R. Pryce------361 Peter Litherland, Liverpool and the Rack Lever The Oeuvre of a Master Clockmaker by David Evans------93 Henry Williams, Lancarvan by William Linnard and Ed Cloutman------379 Watch and Clockmakers of Hong Kong by Bernard North------178 An Unusual English Lantern Clock The Theorist and the Instrument Maker: by John A. Robey------405 Early Communications in the Development Watch-pads and Watch-papers of the Pendulum Clock by Anthony Turner------417 by Rebecca Pohancenik------191 Courtenay Adrian Ilbert, Horological Collector. Early English Japanned Table Clocks Part One: The Early Years, 1888−1930

by Robert Donaldson------201 by Paul Buck------499 Pocket Chronometer 912 by John Adam Mangaar Spendlove Clockmakers of Suffolk and Norfolk by Tony Proctor------220 by Trevor Spindler------517 The Notebook of Humphrey Hadley of Birmingham: Part 1 Minute Repeating in Tompion’s Lifetime

by John Robey------225 by Sebastian Whitestone------525 Clock Making in Twentieth-Century England and Arnold’s Chronometer No. 176 and Vancouver’s Wales: Part 1 Expedition, 1791−95 by John Glanville and Bill Wolmuth------231 by Alun C. Davies------532

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The Significance of Expense Books to Horologists. The Tribulations of Jean Helot Horological Markets and the 1646−76 Experiences by Anthony Turner ------779 of James Master, a Kentish Gentleman A Family of Longcase Movements with an Early by Chris H.K. Williams------541 Anchor Escapement circa 1670 William Porthouse’s Remontoire by Alan Fersht------805 by Simon Johnson------550 The Canonteign Turret Clock in Context. A Table Regulator signed Dancer, Manchester Clocks for Churches and Country Houses by by Alfred Thomas------554 the Pollard Family of Devon English Horology and the Great War by Liam Boyle and Clive N. Ponsford------815 by Alun C. Davies------635 The Costs of Maintaining and Replacing a Sidney Better − Watch Springer and Timer Seventeenth-Century Turret Clock by Paul Myatt------651 by Edward White------831 Admiral Lord Nelson and the Commemorative Catling Family Pocket Watches Domestic Clock by John David Stables------837 by Rory McEvoy------665 Welsh Account Books and Horology in the English Lantern Clocks with Iron Frames Seventeenth Century by John A. Robey------689 by William Linnard and Chris H.K. Williams----- 841

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PICTURE GALLERY The Dawson Workshops in London, Specialists in George Graham’s Watch Number 5193 ------558 Repair and Restoration of Clock Cases ------97 John Harrison’s 2nd Marine Timekeeper H2------846 Arnold Expedition Chronometer No 176------255 A Poorly Finished but Interesting 30 Hour Movement ------424

Antiquarian Horology 896 THE ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No. 260925 President: Sir Arnold Wolfendale FRS Chairman: David Thompson Secretary: Mrs W. Barr Accountant: Philip Gambrill / B. MacNay Librarian: A. Mitchell / E. Powell All correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary at ‘New House’, High Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AL. Tel: (01580) 200155, fax: (01580) 201323, e-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ahsoc.org VOLUME THIRTY-THREE

Antiquarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society Issued Quarterly to Members Editor: Dr Peter de Clercq

Editorial Advisory Panel: M.G. Hurst, R.J. Law, Dr J. Nye, D. Thompson

LIST OF ARTICLES

Clock and Watchmaking in Belgium, 1300–1830 The Chimerical English Pre-Huygens Pendulum Clock by Eddy Fraiture and Paul Van Rompay ------27 by Sebastian Whitestone ------347

o Constant Force Chronometer, N . 1, Attributed to A Time-Telling Telescope Paul Garnier by Richard Dunn and Lavinia Maddaluno ---- 359 by Phillip Arnott ------46 The Antiquarian Horological Society. Astronomical Clocks in Observatories of the World An Early History and their Makers, 1670–1850. A Modified List by James Nye------457 by Jürgen Ermert ------70 William Leigh of Newton-le-Willows, clockmaker Thomas Hampson of ‘Wrexham’ – His Chester Phase 1763–1824: Part 2

by Steve and Darlah Thomas ------89 by Steve and Darlah Thomas ------469 The Missing ‘Harrison’ Table Clock Moorfields and Clock-Brass Founders Part 1: by William Andrewes and Bob Frishman ------180 The London Horological Trades in Moorfields

The Electric Remontoire by John A. Robey------479 by David Read ------190 The Synchronous Mains Revolution and Design and Precision of a Small Eight-Day ‘Time Gentlemen, Please’ Chronometer by Barraud by David Read ------487

by A.D. Stewart ------199 New Light on Jacob Lovelace On Excursions and on Song : The BHI Views New by Clive N. Ponsford------493 Technology in the 1870s and 1880s Horology at International Industrial Exhibitions – by Alun C. Davies ------207 1851–1900 Clocks of Pasteboard by Alun C. Davies ------591 by Anthony Turner ------221 Moorfields and Clock-Brass Founders Part 2: William Leigh of Newton-le-Willows, clockmaker The Mayor Family and Other Founders 1763–1824 : Part 1 by John A. Robey------609 by Steve and Darlah Thomas ------311 The History of Arnold & Dent Long Case A Large European Iron Chamber Clock Regulator No 308 by John A. Robey ------335 by David Hambleton ------624 859 volume thirty-three LIST OF ARTICLES (continued)

Horological Requests in Early Welsh Poems Leonardo da Vinci and the Earliest Known Clock by William Linnard & Ann Parry Owen ------631 with Warned Striking God Save the King. The Automaton Ship and Silver by John A. Robey ------775 Shagreen Case Daniel Quare 324 by Brittany Cox ------637 by Terence Camerer Cuss ------786 The Wall Clock Dated 1657 Signed Jan van Call An Unmarked 8-Day Time and Striking by David Thompson ------739 Spring Driven Movement The Screws in the van Call Clock by Peter Gosnell ------791 by M. T. Wright ------762

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NOTES

Watch Lorgnettes Big Ben – New Discoveries Part 1: by Neil Handley ------227 Punch and the Bell

Further Notes on Jourdain Clocks by Chris McKay ------514 by Neil Andrew ------232 Big Ben – New Discoveries Part 2 Camerer Cuss Datelines by Chris McKay ------799 by Terence Camerer Cuss ------506 Joseph Knibb’s Roman Striking

An Intriguing Swinging Clock by Mike Cowham ------803 by Simon Kerby & Tom Meryon ------509

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PICTURE GALLERY

An Interesting Thirty-Hour Clock c.1745 Portrait of Edward Scrivener ------648 Signed J P ------97 The clock-maker at his bench. A variation on the Stainton of Birmingham Advertising Card ------501 Jan Luyken engraving ------650 Japanese Pillar Clock ------502 Watch Keys ------643

Antiquarian Horology 860 THE ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Registered Charity No. 260925 PRESIDENT: SIR ARNOLD WOLFENDALE FRS CHAIRMAN: DAVID THOMPSON Secretary: Mrs W. BARR Accountant: B. MACNAY Librarian: E. POWELL All correspondence should be addressed to the Secretary at ‘New House’, High Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AL. Tel: (01580) 200155, fax: (01580) 201323, e-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ahsoc.org VOLUME THIRTY-FOUR ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Issued Quarterly to Members EDITOR: DR PETER DE CLERCQ

Editorial Advisory Panel: M.G. HURST, R.J. LAW, DR J. NYE, D. THOMPSON

LIST OF ARTICLES

Jan van Call and the age of the pendulum The time ball at Greenwich and the clock in the Netherlands evolving methods of control – Part 2 by Pier van Leeuwen ------33 by Douglas Bateman ------332 The van Call, a modern forgery Clocks and watches with enamels by by Sebastian Whitestone ------42 William Hopkins Craft – Part 2 by Ian White ------347 Some thoughts on the van Call by Terence Camerer Cuss ------52 Pennington of London: a brief history of the family, the firm and their chronometers The van Call clock discussion ------54 by A. D Stewart ------367 The Pace family of Quaker clockmakers Another unusual compact 8-day movement by David Edmund Pace ------60 with rack & snail striking The mercurial chronometer balances of by Peter Gosnell ------385 Edward Thomas Loseby The time ball at Greenwich and the by Phillip Arnott ------72 evolving methods of control – Part 3 Of clocks and cats by Douglas Bateman ------471 by Richard Dunn and Eóin Phillips ---- 88 Mechanical clocks in the medieval Clocks and watches with enamels by Castilian royal court William Hopkins Craft – Part 1 by Víctor Pérez Álvarez ------489 by Ian White ------179 The Porrvis clock of 1567 — the earliest The time ball at Greenwich and the surviving domestic clock made in England evolving methods of control – Part 1 by John Robey & Leighton Gillibrand -- 503 by Douglas Bateman ------198 Ole Rømer’s temperature correction of Two clocks that changed the world. The pendulum clock rates birth of atomic timekeeping by Poul Darnell ------519 by Ray Essen ------219 Shaping the day in Wales: indications of Big Ben as an electrical master clock awareness of clock time in Wales before 1800 by Chris McKay ------235 by William Linnard ------526

591 ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY NOTES Reflections on sixty years of ‘the Journal’ Chronometer ‘Dent 1978’ at Aberdeen by John Plowman ------100 by John S. Reid ------104 Rare features on a clock by Jacobus Nauta Time consciousness in the Aran Islands by Anton Vos ------102 by Alun C. Davies ------539

PICTURE GALLERY

Three of a kind ------94 30-hour iron wall clock dated 1748 --- 240 One-day single-handed spring timepiece, c. 1680------95

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