Document Details Clocks and Watches - A Historical Bibliography- Part 2: 1800-1899:
Number of documents found: 2
- Title: Excitement of Time [The...] - John Harrison, the Royal; Society and Time Measurement
SubTitle: selected for the Royal Society's science exhibition 2006 - Author: John C. Taylor, Arnold Sir Wolfendale, John C. [Photography] Taylor
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Keywords: catalog UK-London temp-compensation
Other Keywords: grashopper escapement bimettalic John HArrison
Language: ENG
Notes: Monograph (and 2006 exhibition catalog) on the Contributions of John Harrison and of the Royal Society (London) to Timekeeping, and on Harrisons membership in the Royal Society. Includes a general history of precision timekeeping up to the present and a detailed discussion of temperature bimetallic compensation and of the grashopper escapement. Richly illustrated in color. Index, glossary, biblio
Edition: 2006, 1st edition -- Copyright: 2006
Kind: Book
Type: Timekeeper (general)
Geographic area: United Kingdom
Topic: History
Organization: SciAssociation
Pages: 88 -- Height in cm: 31
Print Status: 1 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: FMM
BHM No: 10583- Title: Opwindende Klokken, De Gouden Eeuw van het Slingeruhrwerk - 12. September-28. November 2004 - Paleis Het Loo
- Author: Frits vanKersen, Hans vandenEnde, Molen, J.R. [Introduction] ter, John C. [Photography] Taylor, Hans Jr. vandenEnde[Photography], Tom [Photography] Haartsen, Stuart [Illustrations] Hardy
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Keywords: catalog pendulum escapement
Other Keywords: museum Het Loo Huygens Appeldoorn Coster Hanet Fromanteel Knibb Thompion invention
Language: NET
Notes: Short Version of illustrated catalog (in Dutch) of unique and extraordinary temporary exhibit on the invention of the pendulum clock by Huygens in 1656 and the early adapters in Holland (Costers), France (Hanet) and England (Fromanteel, Knibb, Thompion), held at Het Loo Palace in 2004. [See also full book length documentation of this exhibit]
Edition: 2004 -- Copyright: 2004
Kind: Book
Type: Clock (general)
Geographic area: Netherlands
Topic: History
Organization: Exhibition
Pages: 19 -- Height in cm: 31
Print Status: 1 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
BHM No: 6062 - Publisher:
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