Clocks
- ISBN-10
- 0714128120
- ISBN-13
- 9780714128122
- Series
- Clocks
- Category
- Clocks and watches
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Authors
- David Thompson, Saul Peckham
Description
Featuring sixty-six of the rarest and finest clocks in the British Museum's collection, including the mechanical workings and decorative aspects of each clock, this book is the perfect introduction to a perennially fascinating subject
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Bone Clocks: A Novel
By David Mitchell“I'm Aoife's father,” I tell Duncan Priest, who's looking baffled. “The Ed? Ed Brubeck? Your”—he points to Holly—“other half? Such a pity you missed Pete's stag do last night, though.” “I'll learn to cope with the disappointment.
-
Twelve Clocks
By Julie Sophia Paegle"The book consists of interconnected poems concerned with various modes of time and its relation to personal and historical events"--Provided by publisher.
-
Clocks and More Clocks: with audio recording
By Pat HutchinsWhen the hall clock reads twenty minutes past four, the attic clock reads twenty-three minutes past four, the kitchen clock reads twenty-five minutes past four, and the bedroom clock reads twenty-six minutes past four, what should Mr. ...
-
Antique Clocks and Clock Collecting
By Eric BrutonAntique Clocks and Clock Collecting
-
Restoring Grandfather Clocks
By Eric Smith, Brian SmithArmed with this book and appropriate tools (for work on both movement and case), the owner of a dilapidated grandfather clock will be encouraged and given the know-how to restore it to life as a useful and attractive clock and a prized ...
-
The Clock Book: A Detailed Illustrated Collection of Classic Clocks - Enlarged Special Edition
By Wallace NuttingThis special edition reprint of The Clock Book enlarges the page sizes, includes a spectacular new cover design, and retains the original retro period font for a most enjoyable contemporary reading experience.
-
Performance of new GNSS satellite clocks
By Francisco Javier, Gonzalez MartinezThis thesis reviews the performance of the first Passive Hydrogen Maser (PHM) launched by the Galileo system in 2008; and demonstrates how the new PHM can be consider as the best clock in space, pushing the physical clock error contribution ...
-
Human Clocks: The Bio-cultural Meanings of Age
By Henri Leridon, Claudine Sauvain-Dugerdil, C. G. N. Mascie-TaylorThis book offers new perspectives on age and ageing by combining achievements in the biological sciences and their different applications and interpretations in demography, anthropology, psychology and other pertinent disciplines.
-
Clocks of New York: An Illustrated History
By Chris DeSantisAs the center of commercial and industrial activity, New York City developed a particular preoccupation with time, and hence became a showplace for an astonishing array of timepieces.From tower clocks to time balls, this richly illustrated ...
-
The Rhythms Of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
By Russell Foster, Leon KreitzmanPopular science at its most exciting: the breaking new world of chronobiology - understanding the rhythm of life in humans and all plants and animals.