This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocking making. This
text is a veritable must-have for anyone with a keen interest in clocks
and watches, and includes detailed, interesting information on the
history of clock making, descriptions of the inner machinations and
composition of clocks, and much more besides. Although old, the
information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much utility
to modern readers as it was to those contemporary with its original
publication. The chapters of this book include: A history of clocks and
watches, Materials, Tools, Wheels and pinions, Escapements, Pendulums,
Motive power, Striking mechanisms, Lantern clocks, Long case clocks,
Bracket clocks, The age of a movement, Clock hands, British clocks for
export, etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume now in a
modern, affordable edition complete with a new introduction on the
history of clocks and watches.