The author traces the history of timekeeping in America, with a good look at its European, particularly English, background.
With the aid of line drawings 7 over 50 photos - a number showing time pieces from his own important collection - the author describes the perfecting of the movements & the elaboration of cases, hoods, 7 dials that took place in 18th & 19th century America.
Contents:
? The beginnings of timekeeping
? Our English heritage
? Pennsylvania clock making
? New England clock making - the Boston school
? Connecticut clock making - the Terry story
? Connecticut clocking making - Yankee clocks
? The early American watchmakers
? The Walthum story
? The watch factories
