pp. (ii), 117, (i). 82 illustrations [photographs and line drawings]. Original cloth, boards slightly bowed, signature of S. H. MUDGE [of the clockmaker's family], a very good copy. *With the following articles : John Harrison's last timekeeper of 1770 - The first lever watch made by Thomas Mudge - Did Julien le Roy make the first detached lever escapement? - The 'Bounty' Timekeeper - The Mudge Marine Timekeeper - The Huber-Mudge Timepiece with Constant Force Escapement.

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Title: Pioneers of Precision Timekeeping. A Symposium, published as MONOGRAPH No.3.
Publisher: For The Society
Publication Date: 1965
Binding: Hardcover

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