The subseries contains articles written by authors with surnames beginning with "Y".
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.
A fine mahogany bracket clock with an enamel dial and centre date hand in an arched-top case and in exceptional condition.
A very fine, early eighteenth-century bracket clock in a case of Kingwood and with verge escapement, quarter repeat and alarm.
A good, round-top, open-fronted mahogany barometer by this well-known maker.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock no. 5473 with alarm, in a gorge case and with a movement of high quality.
A finely engraved, oval carriage clock with engraved dial mask.
A London mahogany longcase of the highest quality.
A good, ebony veneered bracket clock by this maker of great repute, with ormolu mounted case, verge escapement and quarter repeating on six bells.
A panelled marquetry longcase of exceptional proportions and colour with 10" dial and movement of one month duration.
A very fine and small mahogany longcase with all the characteristics of this celebrated maker.
[With original case].
A fine and early, round-top, inlaid mahogany wheel barometer.
An exceptionally finely preserved tavern or Act of Parliament timepiece, recently removed from the Swan Hotel, Wells.
A fine and small, late seventeenth-century timepiece / alarm lantern with verge escapement and in exceptional condition.
A very fine and rare English dial with convex engraved brass dial and verge movement.
A very fine and rare walnut longcase, the movement of one month duration with Roman striking and 10-inch dial with skeletonised silver chapter ring.
A walnut longcase clock of very fine proportions and colour with a movement of the highest quality with a very good 12-inch dial.
A rare Regency striking trunk dial wall clock with engraved silvered dial.
A good, provincial oak longcase clock with arched brass dial incorporating a very rare calendar feature.
[An unusual clock in an engraved oval case.]
A good mahogany bracket clock with brass inlay and matching wall bracket.
A good Regency mahogany bracket clock with rise and fall regulation and strike/silent.
A fine, small and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a "banjo" case with chinoiserie decoration by this famous maker.
Act of Parliament timepiece of rare banjo form.
A rosewood Vienna regulator timepiece of one month duration.
A fine mahogany bow-front stick barometer.
A fine Regency rosewood bracket clock in a chamfer top case and with replacement wall bracket.
A rare and important lantern clock by a little-known South Lancashire maker.
A very good mahogany, bell-top bracket clock with enamel dials, verge escapement and original mounts throughout.
A good English dial with 12-inch engraved brass dial.
A fine and small ebonised bracket clock with verge escapement, silent pallets and pull quarter repeat on six bells.
A very fine carriage clock in an engraved gorge case with three subsidiary dials and seconds dial and with grande sonnerie striking on bells, almost certainly the work of Henry Jacot.
A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer with 12-inch dial and case crossbanded with tulip wood.
A good English Dial clock with engraved brass dial and verge escapement.
A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a chinoiserie decorated banjo case with round white dial by this celebrated maker.
A very fine Vienna regulator timepiece with one-piece milk glass dial, steel pendulum rod and tapered mahogany case strung with maple.
A good and small ebonised chamfer top bracket, well inlaid with brass, by this fine maker.
A provincial mahogany longcase of the highest quality with brass arched dial and rocking ship.
An exceptionally fine, striking verge lantern clock with alarm by the Oxford member of this celebrated family.
A very fine mahogany marine barometer with original signed gimbals and travelling case.
[A stick barometer]
A very finely proportioned longcase clock with panelled bird and flower marquetry, panelled and strung sides and 11-inch dial, all in an exceptional state of preservation.
A fine walnut bracket clock with inverted bell-top case, arched brass dial, hour strike with pull repeat and strike/silent by this celebrated maker.
A finely proportioned mahogany wheel barometer.
A fine and tall mahogany longcase of the highest quality, incorporating in the movement the known technical refinements of this noted maker.
A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a chinoiserie decorated banjo case with round white dial by this celebrated maker.
A rare mahogany longcase timepiece with silvered dial and regulator movement of six weeks duration.
A very rare and finely decorated tavern timepiece in a lacquered case of a unique banjo style.
A fine and small longcase clock with chinoiserie decoration and a coloured print on a green ground and with musical and quarter striking movement.
A good mahogany marine stick barometer with silvered brass register plate.
A good Vienna timepiece in a mahogany case.
A rare, early eighteenth-century walnut stick barometer in the manner of John Patrick.
A grande sonnerie carriage clock of the finest quality by this celebrated maker.
A fine and early trunk dial timepiece with 16.5-inch convex wood dial.
A finely proportioned two-piece mahogany wheel barometer.
A very fine mahogany longcase with six-tune musical movement.
A fine mahogany tavern timepiece with passing strike by this Royal maker.
A very fine and rare two-train skeleton clock by these noted makers, striking the hour on a concealed gong.
A fine and large lantern clock by a member of this well-known family of clockmakers.
A fine and very rare mahogany longcase with arched top and brass dial.
A fine bracket clock in a bell-top mahogany case of rich colour and with brass dial, verge escapement and pull hour repeat.
A flat-fronted mahogany stick barometer by a provincial maker but of the best London quality.
An elegantly proportioned and finely figured rosewood four-glass clock.