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Published by Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd (London, n.d.). 197 pages, hardback. Signed by the author for Daniel E. Buckney.

Includes "The mystery of time", an article by S.H. Sharpe about mystery clocks (p. 434).

Photocopies of articles published in Alexander Tilloch's Philosophical Magazine, later called Philosophical Journal.

Photocopy of the English translation of an article originally published in French in vol. 20 no. 21 of Les Comptes Rendus (May 1845). Translation published in Electrical Magazine vol. 2.

Pasted photocopy of a children's short story published in Grandfather's Tales (Leicester: Winks and Son).

Photocopies of nine articles published in the Proceedings of The Institution of Electrical Engineers between 1915 and 1962. Includes cover letter, dated 20 Mar 1970, from the Institute to C. K. Aked, with a list of eleven articles on the topic of electrical horology. All in envelope postmarked 24 May 1971.

Bound copy of an article published in Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie (March 1929), reprinted in the Watchmaker, Jeweler, Silversmith and Optician, translated by J. Eric Haswell.

Photocopy of an article published in Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (vol. 11 no. 6).

Includes copies of: "Recent developments in the manufacture of batteries, and their use in the watchmaking industry" by J. Piguet (published in La Suisse Horlogerie et Revue International de l'Horlogerie no. 2, August 1962), "Watch batteries: an aid to extra sales" By Richard Thornley (Horological Journal August 1983); handwritten notes on Dujardin Planté battery company; and a newspaper cutting battery advertisement.

Copy of an article published in Mat. Med. Nordm. vol 23.

Loose copy of an article published in two parts in Wireless World.

Photocopy of an obituary of the British scientist, inventor and collector Edward Hall (1924–2001), published in The Times. File also includes photographs of clock movements and a comparison sheet between four Smiths Quartz Movements.

Originals and photocopies, relating to individual clocks and watches, clockmaking news, Robert Hooke and Captain James Cook.

Bound photocopy. 49 pages.

Bound photocopy of an HMSO publication, subtitled "comprising determination and division of time, dialling, clocks, watches and other time-keepers". Includes a circular from The Patent Office Library about its transfer to the British Library.

Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.

Scrapbook of notes, copies of articles and cuttings. Arranged chronologically by date of publication, covering dates 1951–1988.

Photocopies of an article about the exhibition published in The Horological Journal in June 1924 and of the special 1974 edition of Wembley History Society Journal.

Contains a list of all exhibits.

Held at Hôtel des Bergues on Sunday 14th November 1993. By Antiquorum Auctioneers.

Complete series of 25 cards, duplicates of those in the album.

Complete series of 20 cards, with some duplicates.

Original brochure, with description and photographs, of David Ramsay's star-shaped verge watch (now in the museum collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, who purchased it in 1958).

Inscribed "J.A. Sutcliffe, Blackpool".

Original issue, with an article on "Description of a proposed new uniform pressure clock", news items on a grant to Horological Institute and rating chronometers, and queries re. building seconds clock and lever escapement.

Three bound issues: November 1927 (Section 3a), January 1928 (section 1b), March 1928 (section 5c). Produced by Tangent. Includes related correspondence.

Four bound issues: September 1930 (section 3c), January 1932 (section 5f), April 1932 (sections 1g and 2f), July 1933 (section 1k). Also includes leaflet 222f for "Electro-matic Frequency Clocks" (June 1934). Produced by Tangent.

Published by Centre d'Information de l'Horlogerie Française, Paris. 159 pages.

Large folder of booklets, articles, circulars, notes, photographs, transparency slides and related correspondence.

Bound photocopy of an article published in Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy of 1788.

Photocopy, pasted into a notebook, of Wynn's description of his Society of Arts Gold Isis Medal winning invention of a time-keeper and a compensating pendulum (1817). Also includes, as front, C. G. McKay's short letter about William Wynn, published in Antiquarian Horology (Autumn 1977) and a biographical note about Wynn from the ninth edition of Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers.

Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and World of Science.

Bound photocopies of several articles on various aspects of electrical watches published in Revue Chronométrique: Journal de L'Horlogerie Française.

Original Royal Society of Arts publication of six lectures delivered before the Society in January and February 1908.

Photocopy of an article published in Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (vol. 3 no. 5).

Bound copy of an article published in the Post Office Electrical Engineers Journal.

Bound copy of an article about acquiring long-case clocks, from an unidentified publication.

Copy of an article published in "La Clessidra" (no. 6).

Photocopy of an article published in Wireless World.

Delivered at a Northern Section meeting on 11th May. Copy of an article published in Antiquarian Horology.

Photocopy, pasted into a notebook, of an article published in The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 28.

Two copies of an article published in Antiquarian Horology.

Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.

Printout, arranged alphabetically by author's name.

Two originals torn out of Jeweller and Metalworker (January 1951 and March 1952) and two photocopies from Jewellers Journal Book of Recipes (n.d., nineteenth century).

Includes Ray-o-Vac, Duracell, Seiko, Renata, Exide, etc. Most undated. Includes an article from an unidentified publication, in French and English, on watch batteries, no. 403 of Southern Watch and Clock Supplies Ltd News, and a photocopy of the United States Patent Office patent for alkaline dry cell (1951).

Includes related correspondence.

Held at the School of Horology, Blanchardstown, Dublin, on 14 Dec 1976 to mark the bicentenary of the death of John Harrison. Signed by W. Stuart.

Album containing the complete series of 25 cards. Purchased from The Good Olde Days shop in Brighton.

Album containing the complete series of 25 cards. Purchased from The Good Olde Days shop in Brighton. Also includes a letter from the seller, a photocopy of "An Unusual Collection", an article about the cigarette cards published in Antique Clocks vol. 11 no. 10 (March 1989), and of a press cutting about books on sundials.

Two b/w photographs. Annotated "L'Heure Electrique EXA pour le petite horloger electricien amateur".

One colour photograph, showing general view of the exhibition and the Rita Shenton Books stall.

Original volume, 445 pages. Full title: Transactions of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (London). Includes chapters on: Premiums offered in 1799, Papers in agriculture, Papers in polite arts, Papers in Mechanicks, Paper in colonies and trade, Rewards bestowed, Presents received, Catalogue of models and machines, List of officers, List of members, and Index.

Large folder of booklets, articles, circulars, notes, photographs and related correspondence.

Large folder of booklets, articles, patents, circulars, notes, photographs, transparency slides and related correspondence.

Photocopies of articles published in Nicholson's Journal, i.e. the Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts.

Bound copy of an article published in Les Merveilles de la Science.

Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and World of Science.

Photocopy of two news pages, including articles on "Honors for the Trade", "Casket for the American Ambassador" and "The Silver Market".

Photocopy of a fragment of an article published in Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (vol. 4 no. 3).

Photocopy of an article about the collection of John Hendry, published in Worcester Evening News.

Photocopy of an article published in Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (vol. 22 no. 2).

Copy of an article on seventeenth-century night clocks, from an unidentified publication.

Seven cuttings, mostly from unidentified newspapers.

Includes articles about the clock sculpture in Gare St Lazare in Paris, the selling exhibition at Liberty, and heirloom Ducrow clock from the Weekend Telegraph (1994, 1995); long-case clocks and other "antiques of the future", and purchase of "the ultimate circuit timers" from The Daily Telegraph (1994, 1996).

Bound extracts from HMSO Patents for Inventions (London) for "class 139" specifications for watches, clocks and other timekeepers. Contains subject-matter and name indexes in several chronological sections.

Handwritten volume, compiled by A. Shenton, arranged chronologically. Includes authors' names with occasional biographical notes, publications and sources.

Loose leaflets showing various clocks and their specifications, brochures, three photographs, Dr Shenton's chronologically arranged handwritten list of clocks. Also includes related correspondence.

Mainly from N.P. Mander Ltd, pipe organ builders. In an envelope addressed to Rita from N. P. Mander.

Oaktree Antiques, selling "town and country furniture, longcase clocks and works of art" is based in Marlet Harborough, Leicestershire.

Also includes a catalogue of Dorset clocks and related correspondence.

The museum, famous for its windmills, also includes a time-piece exhibition. The file also contains a handwritten note with "copy of instructions from Clock no. 1".

A black comedy directed by Sam Walters, performed at The Orange Tree Theatre (Richmond, Surrey) and Stephen Joseph Theatre (Scarborough) in March–May 2001.

Includes press cuttings, event tickets, postcards, advertisements, business cards, stickers, wrappers, receipts etc.

With bibliography on telecommunications.

With an invitation to "See how the wheels go round", a Dorset County Museum event held on 23–25 June 2000.

Enlarged photographic copy, previously framed, showing the inside of the shop with a naval officer purchasing a chronometer, the "Tempus Fugit" motto and establishment date of 1749. J. W. Benson was a watch and chronometer maker.

Bound description, with photographs, of the reproduction of the Salisbury Cathedral Clock, made by William W. Cope.

This collection comprises horological papers collected by Dr Alan Shenton and his wife Rita Shenton. It contains mostly printed material, such as books, journals, catalogues, brochures, advertisements, photographs and collectibles, but some original research notes and correspondence are also present.

Two original issues, containing articles on sundials, poetry in watches, and horology-related advertisements.

Includes "A forgotten Norfolk clockmaker", an article about John Oldfield by Peter Bolton (p. 418).

Photocopies of excerpts from the Mechanics Magazine vols. 11–58.

Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and Mirror of Science.

Bound photocopies of articles published in English Mechanic and World of Science.

Bound photocopy of articles originally published in Le Génie Civil (Paris, 1910).

Original extract of an article published in the Proceedings of The Physical Society of London vol. 29 part 2 (February 1917). File also includes revised proof and related correspondence

Bound extracts from vol. 47 of Horological Journal (1955), copy of Ilbert Collection Commemorative Issue of Antiquarian Horology vol. 2 (December 1958), British Museum's leaflet titled The Ilbert Collection: the exhibition of clocks and watches in Edward VII Gallery and the Ilbert students room (1966) and a draft description and plan of the new gallery of clocks and watches.

Published in NAWCC Bulletin vol. 9 no. 11.

Copy of an article published in The Illustrated London News.

Bound copy of an article published in La Clessidra. With translation and review by Charles K. Aked.