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Antique Clock Collecting: Foreign & Unique Clocks : Antique Clock Collecting: Marine Chronometers
Because a clock pendulum would not be operative at sea, marine chronometers utilize balance wheels to keep time. Find out about marine chonometers ...
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The Bulwark, or, Reformation journal, in defence of the true interests of man and of society, especially in reference to the religious, social and political bearings of popery Like an antique chronometer, the wheels of which have got rusty and worn, and some of the machinery, it may be, faulty from the first, our Bible requires to be taken to pieces, the rust cleaned out, the damaged and faulty parts removed, ... |
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Time Restored, The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man who Knew (almost) Everything Additionally, when spare money allowed (they were relatively inexpensive by today's standards), he would occasionally buy an antique chronometer with the intention of slowly forming a collection, to be the focus of his interest. |
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About this book This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From antique clocks to scientific mysteries, from typewriters to the first systematic study of the Loch Ness Monster, Gould studied and published on them all. With the title The Stargazer, Gould was an early broadcaster on the BBC's Children's Hour when, with his encyclopaedic knowledge, he became known as The Man Who Knew Everything. Not surprisingly, he was also part of that elite group on BBC radio who formed The Brains Trust, giving on-the-spot answers to all manner of wide ranging and difficult questions. With his wide learning and photographic memory, Gould awed a national audience, becoming one of the era's radio celebrities. During the 1920s Gould restored the complex and highly significant marine timekeepers constructed by John Harrison... |
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