John Smith, C. M. (d.1730), HOROLOGICAL DISQUISITIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE OF TIME, AND THE REASONS WHY ALL DAYS, FROM NOON TO NOON, ARE NOT ALIKE TWENTY FOUR HOURS LONG. IN WHICH APPEARS THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF A CLOCK'S BEING ALWAYS KEPT EXACTLY TRUE TO THE SUN. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE BEST RULES FOR THE ORDERING AND USE BOTH OF THE QUICK-SILVER AND SPIRIT WEATHER-GLASSES: AND MR. S. WATSON'S RULES FOR ADJUSTING A CLOCK BY THE FIXED STARS
Realised: $252
Dom Pierre de Sainte Marie Magdeleine d’Abbeville, TRAITE D'HORLOGIOGRAPHIE CONTENTANT PLUSIEURS MANIERES DE CONSTRUIRE SUR TOUTES SURFACES TOUTES SORTES DE LIGNES HORAIRES , & AUTRES CERCLES DE LA SPHERE
Realised: $216
Ferdinand Berthoud (1707-1807), ECLAIRCISSEMENS SUR L’INVENTION, LA THEORIE, LA CONSTRUCTION, ET LES ÉPREUVES DES NOUVELLES MACHINES PROPOSÉES EN FRANCE, POUR LA DETERMINATION DES LONGITUDES EN MER PAR LA MEASURE DE TEMPS
Realised: $288
Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), ESSAI SUR L'HORLOGERIE DANS LEQUEL ON TRAITE DE CET ART RELATIVEMENT A L’USAGE CIVIL, A L’ASTRONOMY ET A LA NAVIGATION
Realised: $264
Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), TRAITÉ DES MONTRES A LONGITUDES, CONTENANT LA CONSTRUCTION, LA DESCRIPTION & TOUS LE DÉTAILS DE MAIN D’OEUVRE DE CES MACHINES; LEURS DIMENSIONS, LA MANIÉRE DE LES ÉPROUVER, &C, SUIVI DU MEMOIRE SUR LE TRAVAIL DES MONTRES A LONGITUDES & DESCRIPTION DE DEUX HORLOGES ASTRONOMIQUES & ESSAI SUR LES POIDS ET LES MEASURES.
Realised: $372
Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829), LONGITUDE: AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC STATING MR. THOMAS EARNSHAW’S CLAIM TO THE ORGINAL INVENTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN HIS TIMEKEEPERS, THEIR SUPERIOR GOING IN NUMEROUS VOYAGES, AND ALSO AS TRIED BY THE ASTRONOMER ROYAL BY ORDERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF LONGITUDE, AND HIS CONSEQUENT RIGHT TO NATIONAL REWARD
Realised: $660
Alexander Cumming (1732-1814), THE ELEMENTS OF CLOCK AND WATCH-WORK, ADAPTED TO PRACTICE. IN TWO ESSAYS
Realised: $660
James Ferguson, F. R. S. (1710-1776), TABLES AND TRACTS RELATIVE TO SEVERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Realised: $120
James Ferguson, F. R. S. (1710-1776), SELECT MECHANICAL EXERCISES: SHEWING HOW TO CONSTRUCT DIFFERENT CLOCKS, ORRERIES, AND SUNDIALS, PLAIN AND EASY ON PRINCIPLES
Realised: $216
James Ferguson, F. R. S. (1710-1776), SELECT MECHANICAL EXERCISES: SHEWING HOW TO CONSTRUCT DIFFERENT CLOCKS, ORRERIES, AND SUNDIALS, ON PLAIN AND EASY PRINCIPLES
Realised: $180
James Ferguson F. R. S. (1710-1776), LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS AND OPTICS WITH THE USE OF THE GLOBES, THE ART OF DIALING AND THE CALCULATION OF THE MEAN TIMES OF NEW AND FULL MOONS AND ECLIPSES
Realised: $120
James Ferguson F. R. S. (1710-1776), LECTURES ON SUBJECTS IN MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS, AND ASTRONOMY
Realised: $60
David Brewster A. M. (1781-1868), PLATES ILLUSTRATIVE OF FERGUSON’S LECTURES ON MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS, OPTICS, GEOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY, AND DIALING
Realised: $120
Thomas Hatton, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MECHANICAL PART OF CLOCK AND WATCHWORKS.
Realised: $312
Alfred Ungerer (1861-1933), LES ASTRONOMIQUES ET MONUMENTALES LES PLUS REMARQUABLES DE L‘ANTIQUITÉJUSQUE À NO JOURS
Realised: $72
Henry Sully (1680-1729) with Julien Le Roy (1686-1789), REGLE ARTIFICIELLE DU TEMPS, TRAITÉ DE LA DIVISION NATURELLE ET ARTIFICIELLE DU TEMPS, DES HORLOGES ET DES MONTRES DE DIFFERENTES CONSTRUCTIONS, DE LA MANIERE DE LES CONNOÎTRE ET DE LES REGLER AVEC JUSTESSE
Realised: $132
F. H. Green, OLD ENGLISH CLOCKS, BEING A COLLECTOR’S OBSERVATIONS ON SOME SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CLOCKS
Realised: $360
Prices realised for the lots above include Buyer's Premium. Lot numbers which are omitted represent items which were withdrawn, passed or unsold as of the publication of this list. Not responsible for typographical errors or omissions.
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