Notice of a new book that found its way to my office.
The ferrous metallurgy of early clocks and watches: studies in post
Medieval Steel. Edited by Micheal L. Wayman. 2000. British Museum Occasional
Papers No 136
ISBN 0 86159 136 4
ISSN 0142 4815
Contents
Chapter 1. Leopold, J.H. and Wayman, M.L. General introduction and analytical
methods. 1-12
Chapter 2. Craddock, P.T. and Wayman M.L. The development of European Ferrous
Metallurgy 13-27
Chapter 3. Wayman, M.L., Lang, J. and Leopold, J.H. Sixteenth-century iron
clocks. 29 - 52
Chapter 4. Wayman, M.L., Lang, J., Leopold, J.H. and Evans, J.L. Clock,
watches, and chronometer springs, 53- 83
Chapter 5. Wayman, M.L., Lang and Evans, J.L. Watch components. 85 - 106
Chapter 6. Craddock, P.T. and Wayman M.L. Driven by clockwork: The role of
clockmaking in the development of sixteenth- to nineteenth-century European
ferrous metallurgy. 107 - 112
Appendix: The art of making watch springs followed by The mnner of making small
repeat springs and spiral springs (L'art de faire les resorts de montres, suivi
par la manière de faire les petites ressorts de répétitions et lest ressorts
spiraux) by Mr W. Blakey, Hydraulic Engineer, etc, Amsterdam, chez Marc-Michel
Rey, 1780, translated by M.L. Wayman. 113 - 137
References 139 - 141
Glossary of Horological and Metallurgical Terms 142 - 146
Illustrations 147 -207
Chris Salter
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