Goldsmith Chandlee, Sundial Maker -- Setting Time 1790

Goldsmith Chandlee, Sundial Maker -- Setting Time 1790

Author: Walt H. Sirene

Publisher: Walt H. Sirene

Published: 2020-07-03

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13:

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This standalone document is taken from the author’s comprehensive horological study, American Backcountry Tall Clock; it is a collection of "time setting" information and addendum's in one document. Photographs and charts along with explanatory notes tell about one aspect of a brilliant craftsman’s work while living in the backcountry of early America. Read on to learn about Noon Marks, Sundials, and how they were used to set time before smart phones, dial phone time service, and bells pealing the hour from church and town hall belfries. Chandlee’s customers will surprise you, including an important Founding Father, Chief Justice John Marshall. The focus is determining the correct time. This at a period when only a few owned clocks. It was before the advent of time zones, and when people were likely buying their first timepiece. This ePublication entertains and informs through pictures, graphics and hyperlinks to enhance understanding and learning; supplemented with the spare use of words. Hyperlinks lead to educational and enjoyable information on the internet. Researchers will profit from photographs and unique documents.


British Clockmakers & Watchmakers Apprentice Records

British Clockmakers & Watchmakers Apprentice Records

Author:

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Company

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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This work contains the apprenticeship detail of over 14,000 clockmakers, watchmakers and others involved in the horological trade, listed under both the apprentice and his master, extracted from tax records in the Public Record Office.


Paint, Pattern, & People

Paint, Pattern, & People

Author: Wendy A. Cooper

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 9780912724744

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Paint, Pattern, and People explores the fascinating and diverse furniture of southeastern Pennsylvania through the people who made, owned, inherited, and collected it. Delving into the cultures and creativity of the area's inhabitants, primarily those of British and Germanic heritage, this comprehensive work looks closely at localisms and regionalisms of form, ornament, and construction that were influenced by ethnicity, religious affiliation, settlement patterns, socioeconomic status, and the skills of the craftsmen. William Penn's policy of religious tolerance attracted people of various faiths and ethnic backgrounds, making Pennsylvania the most culturally diverse of the thirteen colonies. Through the study of well-documented furniture, fraktur, needlework, paintings, and architecture produced by this mixed multitude, the region's great diversity comes into focus. Paint, Pattern and People is a significant contribution to the literature in the field, presenting new scholarship as well as never-before-published furniture and related objects.


Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893

Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893

Author: William Jolliffe

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9780344959066

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


American Furniture 2006

American Furniture 2006

Author: Luke Beckerdite

Publisher: American Furniture Annual

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780972435383

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An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts


American Traditions in Watercolor

American Traditions in Watercolor

Author: Worcester Art Museum

Publisher: Abbeville Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780896596801

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Shows more than sixty watercolors by various Amerian artists, describes the background of each work, and discusses the technique of Homer and Sargent