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
Length50h 57m
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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
Length50 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Bangerter's Inventions; His Marvelous Time Clock
2Bangerter's Inventions; His Marvelous Time Clock
3DREAM OF AGES REALIZED
4BANGERTER’S NON-ELECTRIC REGULATOR TIME CLOCK ANNIVERSARY SELF-WINDING
5The Modern Clock
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6CHAPTER I. THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER SKILL AMONG CLOCKMAKERS.
7CHAPTER II. THE NATURAL LAWS GOVERNING PENDULUMS.
8CHAPTER III. COMPENSATING PENDULUMS.
9CHAPTER IV. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCURIAL PENDULUMS.
10CHAPTER V. REGULATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, CRUTCHES AND MINOR POINTS.
11CHAPTER VI. TORSION PENDULUMS FOR FOUR-HUNDRED DAY CLOCKS.
12CHAPTER VII. PECULIARITIES OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT— HOW TO READ DRAWINGS.
13CHAPTER VIII. THE GRAHAM OR DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT.
14CHAPTER IX. LE PAUTE’S PIN WHEEL ESCAPEMENT.
15CHAPTER X. THE RECOIL OR ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT.
16CHAPTER XI. THE DENNISON OR GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT.
17CHAPTER XII. THE CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS.
18CHAPTER XIII. THE DETACHED LEVER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS.
19CHAPTER XIV. PLATES, PIVOTS AND TIME TRAINS.
20CHAPTER XV. SPRINGS, WEIGHTS AND POWER.
21CHAPTER XVI. MOTION WORK AND STRIKING TRAINS.
22CHAPTER XVII. CLEANING AND REPAIRING CUCKOO CLOCKS.
23CHAPTER XVIII. SNAIL STRIKING WORK, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN.
24CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE AND PERPETUAL CALENDARS.
25CHAPTER XX. HAMMERS, GONGS AND BELLS.
26CHAPTER XXI. ELECTRIC CLOCKS AND BATTERIES.
27CHAPTER XXII. THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF DIALS.
28CHAPTER XXIII. CLOCK CASING AND CASE REPAIRS.
29CHAPTER XXIV. SOME HINTS ON MAKING A REGULATOR.
30Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology
31Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology
32Prest. Philadelphia Horological Society.
33CHAPTER IV.
34A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
35A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
36CHAPTER I.
37CHAPTER VI.
38An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
39An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
40AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEVER ESCAPEMENT.
41The Center Distance of Wheel and Pallets.
42Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches
43Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches
44Adjusting Watches
45CHAPTER IV
46CHAPTER IX
47CHAPTER XIII
48Time Telling through the Ages
49PREFACE
50CHAPTER TWO The Land Between the Rivers
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