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

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

Description and photograph of a reproduction of a mediaeval monastic clock, made by Anthony Fox of Clerkenwell, London, in memory of Colonel Antonio Simoni of Bologna.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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".

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

Photocopy of alphabetical name index, giving also year and locality, from an unknown publication. Also contains five photographs and postcards of clocks from Wiltshire and Westmorland.

Original pages extracted from The Horological Journal (1910-26) and photocopy from The Jeweller and Metalworker (1894). Also includes notes about Watch and Clock Makers' Pension Society and the Clockmakers' Company (1910) and statistics for exports of clocks and watches in 1926.

File of loose cuttings and pages from illustrated magazines, journals, bulletins and auction catalogues. Includes photographs.

Published in NAWCC Bulletin vol. 9 no. 11.

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

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

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

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

Portfolio of small and large electric and electronic clocks produced in Germany, published in 1973 by Verband der Deutschen Uhrerindustrie (VDU). Also includes three photographs of electric watches and a circular from VDU, in English, about "watch fashions autumn and winter 1981/82".

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

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

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

Bound photocopy. 49 pages.

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

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).

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

Two copies of an article published in Antiquarian Horology.

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

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

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

Also includes copy of the obituary of Dr Jacob Kienzle (1935), one photograph and related correspondence.

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

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

Typescript with photographs.

Handwritten, with diagrams.

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

With bibliography on telecommunications.

With synopsis and chapter titles.

Seven cards. Purchased in 1988 from L. M. C. Nierynck, the Netherlands.

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.

Inscribed "J.A. Sutcliffe, Blackpool".

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

Seven cuttings, mostly from unidentified newspapers.

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

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).

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.

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

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

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

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).

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Complete series of 20 cards, with some duplicates.

15 blank postcards showing watches and clocks from the collection, as well as the museum and the town. Includes a set of six transparency slides .

41 postcards, mostly blank, some with greetings addressed to Rita Shenton and E. J. Tyler. Also includes one colour slide of Overdrawn at the Bank, a painting by Charles Spencelayh.

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

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 copies of extracts from Horological Journal.

Photocopy of an article published in Wireless World.

Eight pages. Includes information about a silver pair-cased watch from 1789 and three pedometers.

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

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.

Also includes press release regarding sale of Important Clocks and Watches (n.d.).

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

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.

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.