Clockwork Chronicles: 12 Books Exploring the World of Clocks and Watches
A Horological Anthology of Clockwork, Craftsmanship, and Timekeeping HistoryBy W. T. Lewis, Silvio A. Bedini, Sara Ware Bassett, Edwin A. Battison, Ward L. Goodrich, Walter J. Kleinlein, Eugene Edward Hall, H. R. Playtner, Arthur Hayden, James Arthur, Harry Chase Brearley
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Clockwork Chronicles gathers twelve studies that illuminate clocks and watches as instruments, artifacts, and cultural texts. Across technical description, historical inquiry, biographical recovery, and reflections on craftsmanship, the volume traces the movement from mechanical ingenuity to the social meanings of timekeeping. Its range accommodates both the minute workings of escapements and cases and the broader histories of domestic life, navigation, commerce, and scientific measurement; standout investigations of horological mechanism and material design demonstrate how closely precision and art have long been entwined. The contributors—W. T. Lewis, Silvio A. Bedini, Sara Ware Bassett, Edwin A. Battison, Ward L. Goodrich, Walter J. Kleinlein, Eugene Edward Hall, H. R. Playtner, Arthur Hayden, James Arthur, and Harry Chase Brearley—bring complementary historical and antiquarian perspectives to the subject. Collectively, their work belongs to the rich tradition of material-culture scholarship that treats technological objects as evidence of changing knowledge, labor, taste, and social order. Their varied approaches make horology legible not as a narrow specialty but as a meeting point of science, design, collecting, and cultural history. This volume will reward readers interested in the history of technology, decorative arts, and everyday life. By placing multiple methods and periods in conversation, it offers both an accessible entry into horological study and a substantial resource for deeper research. Readers will find in these pages a compelling education in how clocks and watches have measured, organized, and imaginatively shaped human experience.
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GenreTechnology, Literary Classics
Length51 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Bangerter's Inventions; His Marvelous Time Clock
2DREAM OF AGES REALIZED
3BANGERTER’S NON-ELECTRIC REGULATOR TIME CLOCK ANNIVERSARY SELF-WINDING
4The Modern Clock
5CHAPTER I. THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER SKILL AMONG CLOCKMAKERS.
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6CHAPTER II. THE NATURAL LAWS GOVERNING PENDULUMS.
7CHAPTER III. COMPENSATING PENDULUMS.
8CHAPTER IV. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCURIAL PENDULUMS.
9CHAPTER V. REGULATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, CRUTCHES AND MINOR POINTS.
10CHAPTER VI. TORSION PENDULUMS FOR FOUR-HUNDRED DAY CLOCKS.
11CHAPTER VII. PECULIARITIES OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT— HOW TO READ DRAWINGS.
12CHAPTER VIII. THE GRAHAM OR DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT.
13CHAPTER IX. LE PAUTE’S PIN WHEEL ESCAPEMENT.
14CHAPTER X. THE RECOIL OR ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT.
15CHAPTER XI. THE DENNISON OR GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT.
16CHAPTER XII. THE CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS.
17CHAPTER XIII. THE DETACHED LEVER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS.
18CHAPTER XIV. PLATES, PIVOTS AND TIME TRAINS.
19CHAPTER XV. SPRINGS, WEIGHTS AND POWER.
20CHAPTER XVI. MOTION WORK AND STRIKING TRAINS.
21CHAPTER XVII. CLEANING AND REPAIRING CUCKOO CLOCKS.
22CHAPTER XVIII. SNAIL STRIKING WORK, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN.
23CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE AND PERPETUAL CALENDARS.
24CHAPTER XX. HAMMERS, GONGS AND BELLS.
25CHAPTER XXI. ELECTRIC CLOCKS AND BATTERIES.
26CHAPTER XXII. THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF DIALS.
27CHAPTER XXIII. CLOCK CASING AND CASE REPAIRS.
28CHAPTER XXIV. SOME HINTS ON MAKING A REGULATOR.
29Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology
30Prest. Philadelphia Horological Society.
31CHAPTER IV.
32A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
33A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
34CHAPTER I.
35CHAPTER VI.
36An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
37AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEVER ESCAPEMENT.
38The Center Distance of Wheel and Pallets.
39Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches
40Adjusting Watches
41CHAPTER IV
42CHAPTER IX
43CHAPTER XIII
44Time Telling through the Ages
45PREFACE
46CHAPTER TWO The Land Between the Rivers
47CHAPTER THREE How Man Began to Model After Nature
48CHAPTER FOUR Telling Time by the Water-Thief
49CHAPTER FIVE How Father Time Got His Hour-Glass
50CHAPTER SIX The Clocks Which Named Themselves
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