Document Details Heinrich Johann Kessels (1781-1849):
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- Title: Heinrich Johann Kessels (1781-1849)
SubTitle: Ein bedeutender Verfertiger von Chronometern und Prazisionspendeluhren -[Series:] Acta Historica Astronomiae, Vol. 44 - Author: Guenther Oestmann
- Publisher: Harri Deutsch
Keywords: biography cert.chronometer clock
Other Keywords: Kessels
ISBN: 978 3 8171 1884 7
Language: GER
Notes: A scholarly biography and oeuvre overview of the German chronometer maker Heinrich Johann Kessels (1781-1849), numerous black & white illustrations (incl. 2 fold out plates), extensive bibliography. Content: 32 page biography (6 chapters), 72 page oeuvre listing of 83 known numberd instruments, of which at least 44 survive to the present (2011), list of clocks modified by Kessels. List of 16 additional clocks attributed to Kessels but not numbered. 55 pages of reproduced source documents (mostly facsimile), Also is Serial ISSN 1422-8521
Edition: 2011, 1st Edition -- Copyright: 2011
Kind: Book
Type: Marine Chronometer
Geographic area: Germany
Topic: History
Organization: NA/other
Pages: 273 -- Height in cm: 21
Print Status: 1 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: fortunat
BHM No: 16313 - Publisher: Harri Deutsch
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