An Encyclopaedia of Famous Clock and Watchmakers - Details of Famous and World Renowned Watch and Clock Makers
An Encyclopaedia of Famous Clock and Watchmakers - Details of Famous and World Renowned Watch and Clock Makers

Author: Anon

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1473380502

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This little book contains an alphabetical list of world famous watch and clock makers. Each entry signifies the period when the person referred to was connected with the Clockmaker's Company, or known to be in business, or when some example of their work was made. Following the names and addresses of some makers is a description of their work which has been met with, or of some invention or distinguishing trait.

Miller's World Encyclopedia of Antiques
Miller's World Encyclopedia of Antiques

Author: Martin Miller

Publisher: Penguin Putnam

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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From the team that created the increasingly popular annual Miller's International Antiques Price Guide comes the most comprehensive reference ever published in the world of antiques. 750 full-color photographs and 350 black-and-white photographs and drawings.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

Author: Colum Hourihane

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 4064

ISBN-13: 0195395360

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This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.

The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker

Author: Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science Richard Dawkins

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1996-09-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780613913812

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Patiently and lucidly, this Los Angeles Times Book Award and Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize winner identifies the aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe and removes the barriers to credibility one by one. As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859.--The Economist.

A Grand Complication
A Grand Complication

Author: Stacy Perman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-02-19

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1439190089

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"The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated timepiece ever"--

The Encyclopedia of Victoriana
The Encyclopedia of Victoriana

Author: Elizabeth Drury

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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This book contains information on furniture, antigues, photographs, jewlery, silver, wallpaper, sculpture, pottery, porcelain, glass, textiles, fashion, Morris wallpaper, Eastlake furniture, Tiffany and more ...