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The clockwork man
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William Jablonsky |
"Ernst's world is one of endless admirers, including foreign dignitaries and heads of state. Hailed as a marvel of late nineteenth-century automation, he is the crowning achievement of his master, Ka… |
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Infernal devices
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K. W. Jeter |
Steampunk. Fresh and inventive, darkly humorous, and with wild characters who never take a backseat to the mechanical creations. |
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The illustrated longitude
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Dava Sobel,William J. H. Andrewes |
An illustrated version of Dava Sobel's story about how John Harrison invented a clock that kept accurate time at sea, thereby creating a way to measure the longitude of ships. |
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The watchmaker of Filigree Street
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Natasha Pulley |
In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just r… |
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Just killing time
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Julianne Holmes |
Ruth's beloved grandfather instilled in her a love of timepieces. Unfortunately after her grandmother died and he remarried, Ruth and Grandpa Thom became estranged. She's wanted to reconnect after he… |
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Swiss timepiece makers, 1775-1975
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Kathleen H. Pritchard |
Two-volume, slip-cased set, 6" x 9" hardcover, 1,776 pages, over 1,500 black and white illustrations, and over 8,500 entries. Kathleen Pritchard, one of the world's foremost horological researchers, … |
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Longitude
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Dava Sobel |
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."
Anyone alive … |
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The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old clocks and watches & their makers
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Frederick James Britten,Antique Collectors' Club |
My first book on the subject of watchmaking & I've had it since 1981. This book is great if you have any interest in watchmaking or clockmaking. Britten describes an array of old techniques & tools t… |
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