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CLOCK & BAROMETER BOOKS BOOKS & CATALOGUES A Guide to Dating English Antique The book is richly illustrated, and will appeal not only Clocks By Eric Bruton to clockmakers and horologists, but to bell enthusiasts, CLOCK & BAROM- and those with an interest in our rich Victorian heritage. Readership: Historical horologists, practical horologists, ETER BOOKS bell historians, bell ringers, tourists, the technically- minded public, historians of Victoriana. • Comprehensive detailed history • Extensively illustrated Clock & Barometer Books • New previously unpublished material • Appeals to the specialist and the general reader • Full technical descriptions of the clock and bells Barographs By Philip R Collins • 296 pages Code Description UOM Price B32293 Big Ben By Chris Mckay EACH £39.95 British Longcase Clocks By Eric Bruton A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks provides a unique pictiorial record as well as collated information to help dealers and collectors to date English clocks by their case styles. 8VLQJH[DPSOHVIURPWKHIDPRXV:HWKHUÀHOGFROOHFWLRQ perhaps the greatest collection of entirely English domestic clocks ever made by a private collector. There are 220 separate photos showing a whole range of deisgns. The longcase series is very representative and WRÀOOJDSVLQWKHKLVWRULFDOUHFRUGRIEUDFNHW WDEOH By Philip R Collins clocks a series style drawings is provided. Tracing the development of the Barograph from its It also dates the clock by movement, dial and case and early history to the variety of devices we recognise provides guidance on improvements and marriages today. when a case and a movement do not belong to each • Thorough research and a wealth of illustrations RWKHU)HDWXULQJ:HWKHUÀHOG&ORFNV7HFKQLFDO)HDWXUHV feature The Plates, Lantern and Hanging Clocks, Bracket • Plus tips on maintenance Clocks, Longcase Clocks, Notes concerning makers of • 146 pages the clocks illustrated, Marquetry and Veneering, Cross Code Description UOM Price Reference Guide, Bibliography. by Derek Roberts • Paperback The longcase clock has been a part of the Englishman’s C8805 Barographs By Philip R Collins EACH £9.95 • 263 pages home for some 300 years and has gained a place Code Description UOM Price in his heart seldom if ever achieved by any other domestic item. An example of its importance in family A Guide to Dating English Barometers, Stick or Cistern By C20002 EACH £14.29 life is that it, with the bed and the house, was nearly Antique Clocks By Eric Bruton DOZD\VPHQWLRQHGVSHFLÀFDOO\LQWKHZLOO,Q'HUHN (GZLQ%DQÀHOG 5REHUWV·VLPSRUWDQWQHZERRNUHDGHUVÀQGDZHDOWK of valuable information detailing the British origins, Big Ben By Chris Mckay evolution, and wide range of longcase clocks that have been produced since the sixteenth century. In twenty chapters Mr. Roberts provides a detailed overview of many facets of these beautiful and useful art works, including early square dial, rare, astronomical and HTXDWLRQFORFNVZDOQXWEUHDNDUFKORQJFDVHFORFNV DQG WKRVHLQRWKHUZRRGV DQGWKLUW\KRXUFORFNV Other chapters detail various dial and decoration forms, precision timekeeping, important makers, and clocks of the Victorian and Edwardian eras right up to modern times. A glossary of terms and lengthy index of makers are included. In British Longcase Clocks, Mr. Roberts share his wealth of knowledge enthusiastically and presents over 300 black and white and full-color photographs of details and whole clocks. His book will %\(GZLQ%DQÀHOG LQWHUHVWFORFNRZQHUVDQGDOOZKRORYHÀQHIXUQLWXUH From the humble beginnings of these mercury • 400 pages instruments the reader journeys through a • Hard back comprehensive survey of man’s achievements in the By Chris Mckay • ISBN 978-0887402302 ÀHOG The Great Clock and The Bells at the Palace of • Includes tips on maintenance Westminister Code Description UOM Price • 246 Pages • 300 illustrations This book covers the history of ‘Big Ben’, the great C40933 British Longcase Clocks EACH £67.95 clock and bells at Westminster, from the origins of Code Description UOM Price Westminster as the seat of government right up to the celebrations of the Great Clock’s 150th anniversary in Barometers, Stick or Cistern By C8806 EACH £14.95 (GZLQ%DQÀHOG 2009. 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