Identity area
Reference code
ALL/01/004
Title
Graham: correspondence, notes and publications relating to clocks and watches by George Graham (c.1673–1751)
Date(s)
- 1974–2003 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder of loose papers
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Name of creator
(1921–2015)
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Scope and content
Includes copy of Malcolm Gardner (Charles Allix) article on the sale of a collection of 16 quarter repeater watches published in Antiquarian Horology September 1976; lists of Graham's repeater watches, and correspondence mainly with Thomas Cox, Florida, USA, regarding their sales; copy extract from "The Astronomical Clocks at Greenwich" (1975), an article by Howse mentioning Graham 1 and Graham 2 clocks; copies of articles on George Graham's life and work, including by Jeremy Evans (1995) and C. Doris Hellman (1931); a handwritten extract from Graham's 1726 article for Watchmaker; and photocopies of sale catalogues showing Graham clocks.
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Language and script notes
English