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Author : Frederick Shelley
Publisher : National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Incorporated
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Clock and watch makers
ISBN : 0982358490
Author : Frederick Shelley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 194401800X
Hardcover2nd edition
Author : Alexis McCrossen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226014869
In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks, and expands our understanding of the ways we have standardized time and have made timekeepers serve as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that not merely values time, but regards access to it as a natural-born right.
Author : Frank Jacob
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781648893094
This book recounts the story of Florentine Ariosto Jones, who after the Civil War decided to manufacture watches. Combining the cheap labor available at the time in Switzerland with US manufacturing technologies, Jones embarked on his venture to produce affordable watches for the American market. Consequently, he became a pioneer in the business of outsourcing labor for economic purposes through his contracting of labor to Europe. While the company still exists today, very little is known about Jones. The present book will undoubtedly change this by telling the fascinating story of an American adventurer and his pursuit to globalize American watchmaking at the end of the 19th Century.
Author : C.H. Wendel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-28
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781440225345
From old schoolhouse clocks to stately grandfather clocks, the Encyclopedia of Antique American Clocks presents the most comprehensive guide to America's clocks. More than 700 photographs of clocks include detailed descriptions and current market values. The clocks are presented in an easy-to-follow format organized by clock type. Also included is information about the major clock manufacturers, and overview of clock types and a brief history of clock making. Arranged by clock type, the Encyclopedia of Antique American Clocks includes: • Grandfather clocks • Wall clocks • Classic clocks • Shelf clocks • Novelty clocks Special chapters on: • Clock types • History of clock making • Clocks from smaller clock makers • Leading clock makers • Glossary • Bibliography • Photo index
Author : Thomas Kaufmann
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467144957
After seven years of climbing into attics, domes, towers and steeples, Thomas Kaufmann emerges with a story of Alabama bells. This story encapsulates the history of the state itself. These bells - some dormant, others pealing still - were forged by the Reveres in Boston. They called Alabamians to worship, celebrated weddings and tolled at funerals. They sounded the death knell for countless parishioners during the havoc of the Civil War, watched over the Freedom Riders and shook from the blast of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. And while their clear tones have rung out in remembrance of so many of the state's solemn and sacred moments, many of these bells have fallen into neglect, their silence serving as its own reminder of the urgent need for preservation.
Author : Henry Terry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Clock and watch making
ISBN : COLUMBIA:AR53710924
Author : Thomas Kaufmann
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467149587
"The bells rung all day, and almost all night..." John Adams wrote this timeless observation when the Declaration of Independence was signed and publicly proclaimed in early July of 1776 to a jubilant crowd in Philadelphia. This is the story of those bells - a search to discover which bells did indeed ring, or are believed to have rung, when America was born. It is the story of the most famous bell in the world, the Liberty Bell, and the other historic bells of Philadelphia, during the era of the American Revolution. Author Thomas Kaufmann traces the joyous history of sound and instrument as the nation is forged among uplifting tolls of Philadelphia's historic independence bells.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Clocks and watches
ISBN : CHI:81512554
Author : Silvio A. Bedini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112032538776
Within recent years fairly exhaustive studies have been made on many aspects on American Science and Technology. To make a comprehensive study of American scientific instruments and instrument makers in the American Colonies is no simple matter, partly because of an indifference to the subject in the past, and partly because of the great volume of sources that must be sifted to accomplish it.
Author : Alexis McCrossen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226015057
“Tells a story of a period when the quest for accurate timekeeping became an obsession in the US.” —Choice The public spaces and buildings of the United States are home to many thousands of timepieces—bells, time balls, and clock faces—that tower over urban streets, peek out from lobbies, and gleam in store windows. And in the streets and squares beneath them, men, women, and children wear wristwatches of all kinds. Americans have decorated their homes with clocks and included them in their poetry, sermons, stories, and songs. And as political instruments, social tools, and cultural symbols, these personal and public timekeepers have enjoyed a broad currency in art, life, and culture. In Marking Modern Times, Alexis McCrossen relates how the American preoccupation with time led people from across social classes to acquire watches and clocks. While noting the difficulties in regulating and synchronizing so many timepieces, McCrossen expands our understanding of the development of modern time discipline, delving into the ways we have standardized time and describing how timekeepers have served as political, social, and cultural tools in a society that doesn’t merely value time but regards access to time as a natural-born right, a privilege of being an American. “A precise, acute, and well-measured monograph.” —Journal of Social History “Important and engaging.” —Journal of American History “ An innovative contribution on a key historical shift in modern life.” —Urban History “An authoritative narrative of how and where time and timepieces were distributed in the period.” —Reviews in American History
Author : Randolph Shipley Klein
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0871691663
These 12 essays reflect Dr. Bell's interests not only as a distinguished scholar of Benjamin Franklin & of the cultural & scientific life of early Amer., but also as Librarian & Exec. Officer of the APS. Contents: Remarks by Jonathan Rhoads; Biographical Sketch of Dr. Bell, with Selected Biblio.; Benjamin Franklin,"The Old England Man" by Esmond Wright; Frustration & Benjamin Franklin's Medical Books, by Edwin Wolf 2nd; William Byrd Reports on His Mission to the Cherokee in 1758, by W. W. Abbot; The Men of '68: Graduates of Amer's. First Medical School, by Randolph Klein; The Search for the State House Yard Observatory, by Silvio Bedini; Benjamin Henry Latrobe, "Learned Engineer," The APS, & the Promotion of Useful Knowledge & Works, 1798-1809, by Edward Carter II; The Phila. Soc. For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1829, by Marvin Wolfgang; Cotton Textiles & Industrialism, by Thomas Cochran; The Amer. Industrial Revolution Through its Survivals, by Brooke Hindle; A Catalog of Books Belonging to Benjamin Smith Barton, by Joseph Swan; Foreign Membership of Biological Scientists in the APS During the 18th & 19th Cent., by Bentley Glass; & Louis Agassiz as an Early Embryologist in Amer., by Jane Oppenheimer. Illus.
Author : Henry Terry
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 129309126X
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ American Clock Making: Its Early History reprint Henry Terry Antiques & Collectibles; Clocks & Watches; Antiques & Collectibles / Clocks & Watches; Clock and watch making; Clocks and watches; Technology & Engineering / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
Author : Old Sturbridge Village,Amos G. Avery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Clocks and watches
ISBN : PSU:000006062378
Author : United States National Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015081133517