Horological Heritage: 10 Classic Books on the Advances in Clocks and Watches
Ten Classic Studies of Timekeeping, Mechanisms, Makers, and Decorative ArtsBy W. T. Lewis, Silvio A. Bedini, Derek J. de Solla Price, Sara Ware Bassett, Edwin A. Battison, Ward L. Goodrich, Walter J. Kleinlein, Eugene Edward Hall, H. R. Playtner, Arthur Hayden
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Horological Heritage gathers ten classic studies of clocks and watches into a capacious history of humanity's efforts to measure, regulate, and imagine time. Ranging from technical exposition and museum-minded cataloguing to social history, biographical sketch, and antiquarian inquiry, the volume traces advances in escapements, portable timekeepers, public clocks, and precision instruments. Its most compelling passages show that horology is never merely mechanical: the clock emerges as a scientific tool, a craft object, a commercial commodity, and a marker of cultural order. The contributors represent a distinguished cross-section of twentieth-century historians of science, curators, collectors, engineers, and regional antiquarians. Their differing methods reflect the maturation of horological scholarship alongside the broader history-of-technology movement, in which instruments were studied as evidence of scientific practice and material culture. Together, these voices connect workshop ingenuity to astronomical observation, industrial production, domestic life, and institutional collecting, allowing the field's technical vocabulary to remain inseparable from its human histories. Recommended for students of material culture, historians of science, collectors, and curious general readers, this anthology offers an unusually rich introduction to the study of timekeeping. Its juxtaposed perspectives encourage readers to compare evidentiary approaches, mechanical concerns, and historical scales. The result is both an educational reference and a sustained dialogue about how clocks and watches have shaped modern understandings of time.
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
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Table of contents
1On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass
2On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass
3Power and Motion Gearing
4Perpetual Motion and the Clock before de Dondi
5An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
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6An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
7AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEVER ESCAPEMENT.
8The Center Distance of Wheel and Pallets.
9A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
10A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting
11CHAPTER I.
12CHAPTER VI.
13Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology
14Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology
15Prest. Philadelphia Horological Society.
16CHAPTER IV.
17Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches
18Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches
19Adjusting Watches
20CHAPTER IV
21CHAPTER IX
22CHAPTER XIII
23Christopher and the Clockmakers
24Christopher and the Clockmakers
25CHAPTER I A CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING
26CHAPTER III CHRISTOPHER ESCAPES BEING A HERO
27CHAPTER VII AN EXCURSION
28CHAPTER IX CHRISTOPHER RECOGNIZES AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
29CHAPTER XII CLOCK GIANTS
30CHAPTER XVI WHAT MASSACHUSETTS CONTRIBUTED
31Chats on Old Clocks
32DEDICATION
33CHAPTER II
34CHAPTER IV
35CHAPTER V
36CHAPTER VIII
37CHAPTER IX
38CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE
39The Auburndale Watch Company
40The Auburndale Watch Company
41The Invention
42Success and Failure
43The Modern Clock
44CHAPTER I. THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER SKILL AMONG CLOCKMAKERS.
45CHAPTER II. THE NATURAL LAWS GOVERNING PENDULUMS.
46CHAPTER III. COMPENSATING PENDULUMS.
47CHAPTER IV. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCURIAL PENDULUMS.
48CHAPTER V. REGULATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, CRUTCHES AND MINOR POINTS.
49CHAPTER VI. TORSION PENDULUMS FOR FOUR-HUNDRED DAY CLOCKS.
50CHAPTER VII. PECULIARITIES OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT— HOW TO READ DRAWINGS.
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