David Rittenhouse
Philosopher-Mechanick of Colonial Philadelphia and His Famous Clocks
ISBN: HB: 9780300272956,
Yale University Press,
November 2023
272 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 365 colour illus.
272 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 365 colour illus.
A lush and in-depth celebration of the clocks of David Rittenhouse, one of eighteenth-century America's greatest scientists and engineers
"David Rittenhouse: Philosopher-Mechanick of Colonial Philadelphia and His Famous Clocks" brings a completely...
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Claggett
Newport's Illustrious Clockmakers
ISBN: HB: 9780300233797,
Yale University Press,
July 2018
272 pp., 30,5x24,1 cm, 321 colour and black&white illus.
272 pp., 30,5x24,1 cm, 321 colour and black&white illus.
In the 18th century, Newport, Rhode Island, was home to some of the most skillful craftsmen in colonial North America. Among them were the clockmakers William Claggett (1694-1748), James Wady (d. 1759), and Thomas Claggett (1730-1797) – individuals w...
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