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Christiaan Huygens' the pendulum clock, or, Geometrical demonstrations concerning the motion of pendula as applied to clocks / translated with notes by Richard J. Blackwell ; introduction by H.J.M. Bos

Author:
Huygens, Christiaan 1629-1695  Search this
Blackwell, Richard J. 1929-  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 182 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1986
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Pendulum  Search this
Call number:
TS545.H8813 1986X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_295354

Catalog of..

Author:
Washington Clock Works, Inc  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1982
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Call number:
39895
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_302350

The developmental era of Eli Terry and Seth Thomas shelf clocks / Snowden Taylor

Author:
Taylor, Snowden  Search this
Physical description:
64 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1985
C1985
Topic:
Clocks and watches--History  Search this
Call number:
TS543.U6T24 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_285254

New and complete clock and watchmakers' manual comprising descriptions of the various gearings ... : with numerous engravings, compiled from the French : with an appendix containing a history of clock and watchmaking in America by Mary L. Booth

Author:
Booth, Mary L (Mary Louise) 1831-1889  Search this
Former owner:
Saunders, R., DSI  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, [1], 294 pages, [12] folded leaves of plates illustrations 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1869
Topic:
Clock and watch making  Search this
Call number:
TS545 .B72 1869
TS545.B72 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_290179

Pictorial kitchen clocks

Author:
Woersch Associates Inc  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1978
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Call number:
39006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_291241

Dunfermline clockmakers : up to 1900 / Jean & Martin Norgate and Felix Hudson

Author:
Norgate, Jean  Search this
Norgate, Martin  Search this
Hudson, Felix  Search this
Physical description:
138, [1] p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Scotland
Dunfermline
Date:
1982
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Call number:
NK7495.G7 N83 1982
NK7495.G7N83 1982
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_265358

Geschichte der Uhrmackerkunst in Basel, 1370-1874 : ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Uhrmacherkunst im allgemeinen, sowie zur Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeschichte Basels / von Marius Fallet-Scheurer

Author:
Fallet-Scheurer, Marius  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 284 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Switzerland
Basel
Date:
1917
Topic:
Clocks and watches--History  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Clock and watch making  Search this
Call number:
HC395 .B42 no.9Z
TS543.S9F19 1917
TS543.S9F19 1917
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_247411

The Knibb family, clockmakers; or, Automatopaei Knibb familiaei, by Ronald A. Lee

Author:
Lee, Ronald A  Search this
Subject:
Knibb family  Search this
Physical description:
187 p. illus. (5 col.) 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Date:
1964
1964]
Topic:
Clock and watch makers  Search this
Call number:
NK7497.K6L4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_247449

The romance of time; a story of the art of telling time from earliest days ... By Brooks Palmer for the Clock Manufacturers Association of America, Inc

Author:
Palmer, Brooks  Search this
Clock Manufacturers Association of America  Search this
Physical description:
55 p. illus. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1954
1954]
Topic:
Clock and watch making  Search this
Call number:
TS543.U6P3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_247454

Clock and watch escapements

Author:
Gazeley, W. J (William John) 1901-  Search this
Physical description:
294 p. illus
Type:
Books
Date:
1956
[1956]
Topic:
Clocks and watches--Escapements  Search this
Call number:
TS545.G34X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_247591

The silversmiths, watchmakers and jewelers of the state of New York, outside of New York city, by George Barton Cutten

Author:
Cutten, George Barton 1874-1962  Search this
Physical description:
47 p. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
1939
Topic:
Silverwork  Search this
Clock and watch makers  Search this
Jewelers  Search this
Call number:
NK7112.C88X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_249551

Catalogue and net price list to the retail trade of watch and clock material ..

Author:
Waltham Watch Company  Search this
Physical description:
xxviii, 51 p. illus. 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1930
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Call number:
681.11085W23
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_256602

Moderne Mystery

Creator:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:51:03 +0000
Topic:
Design  Search this
See more posts:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Data Source:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_325a4f51f8fe147ac07180e834884b67

Alexander Bain's short history of the electric clock (1852)

Title:
Short history of the electric clock
Author:
Bain, Alexander 1810-1877  Search this
Hackmann, Willem Dirk  Search this
Subject:
Bain, Alexander 1810-1877  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 31 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1973
1852
Topic:
Clocks and watches, Electric  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_986760

The history and development of the quartz watch / by Benjamin Matz

Author:
Matz, Benjamin  Search this
Physical description:
61 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1999
C1999
Topic:
Electronic clocks and watches  Search this
Wrist watches  Search this
Call number:
TS542 .M38 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_627268

Striking and chiming clocks : their working and repair / Eric Smith

Author:
Smith, Eric 1940-  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1995
Topic:
Clocks and watches--Repairing  Search this
Chiming clocks  Search this
Call number:
TS547 .S58s 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_517270

American watchmaking : a technical history of the American watch industry, 1850-1930 / by Michael C. Harrold ; [illustrations by Robert Backstrom]

Author:
Harrold, Michael C  Search this
National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1981
C1981
Topic:
Clock and watch making--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_521637

The beauty of clocks / by Michael Pearson, produced by Ted Smart & David Gibbon

Author:
Pearson, Michael 1936-  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1978
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Call number:
NK7484 .P43 1978
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_522168

Objets d'art et d'ameublement anciens : objets de vitrine, montres en or, argent, métal, émaillées ou ciselées des XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles à automates, sonnerie, astronomiques, pendulette de Fabergé, etc, etc, ... provenant de la collection de Clan Malière : dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu Hotel Drouot, salle no. 10, le mercredi 15 juin 1955 / commissaire-priseur Me E...

Title:
Collection de Clan Malière
Author:
Ader, Etienne  Search this
Physical description:
[20] p., 4 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Date:
1955
1955]
Topic:
Art objects  Search this
Furniture  Search this
Clocks and watches  Search this
Call number:
NK570 .O25 1955
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_522944

[Manuscript nr. 577, Biblioteka Jagiellónska, Krakow]

Author:
Dondi dall'Orologio, Giovanni 1318?-1389  Search this
Biblioteka Jagiellońska  Search this
Physical description:
73 [i.e. 146] p. : ill
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1300
1399
[13--]
Topic:
Clocks and watches  Search this
Horology  Search this
Call number:
TS545 .D66 1300a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_516613

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