PENNSYLVANIA CLOCKS and CLOCKMAKERS - George H Eckhardt - illustrated hb BOOK

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This auction is for used illustrated hardback book with dust jacket.
PENNSYLVANIA
CLOCKS
AND CLOCKMAKERS
An Epic of Early American Science,
Industry, and Craftsmanship
by George H. Eckhardt
Illustrated
BONANZA BOOKS
Copyright 1955 by The Devin-Adair Company
This edition published by Bonanza Books, a division
of Crown Publishers, Inc., by arrangement
with The Devin-Adair Company
229 pages
CONTENTS:
Foreword
Acknowledgments
The Pennsylvania Clock
The Dial of Ahaz
The Clockmaker
Clockmakers of Pennsylvania
The "Rules and Reason" of Pennsylvania Clocks
The Almanac Built in a Clock
Repair and Restoration
Appraising
Pennsylvania-German Folk Art and the Pennsylvania Clock
Grandfather's Clock
Watches, Watchmakers, and Watchpapers of Pennsylvania
Clocks and Bells of the State House
Christiaan Huygens:  Horologium
Aspects of Time
William Molyneux:  Astronomical Equation of Time
Illustrations
An Annotated List of the Clock- and Watchmakers of Philadelphia
An Annotated List of the Clock- and Watchmakers of Pennsylvania (outside of Philadelphia)
Index
Scuffs, rubs and dents to covers and edges
Tears to dust jacket edges
Marked-through price on inner flap of dust jacket
Binding is good
Book weighs 1 pound 8.7 ounces - prior to packaging
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