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".
A two-train skeleton of fine quality with hour strike and 1/2 hour strike.
A good, small ebonised bracket clock with brass inlay, 7-inch white dial and pull hour repeat.
A bracket timepiece in a flat-topped case veneered in walnut and olive wood oysters, by this most celebrated of English makers.
Brinkman London / G. Hutchinson George IV mahogany, chamfer top bracket with strike/ silent and hour repeat.
A fine quality, gorge case carriage clock with grande sonnerie striking and alarm by this celebrated maker.
A very fine and early Vienna timepiece with many interesting features.
A fine English striking carriage clock by this well-known maker.
An exceptionally fine mahogany stick barometer.
A rare Act or Parliament or tavern timepiece with shield dial and coloured prints on the trunk door and case.
A walnut and mulberry longcase of the highest quality and with a movement of exceptional horological interest.
A very fine and exceptionally small mahogany longcase.
An English regulator of the very highest quality and with movement of one-month duration.
Floor-standing Vienna regulator with grande sonnerie repeat.
A fine and large mahogany wheel barometer by this well-known maker.
A very fine and rare English dial with convex engraved brass dial and verge movement. Same as STR/02/002/058.
A fine, large bracket clock decorated with chinoiserie on a red ground and with arched brass dial with two subsidiary dials.
A very fine Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece by one of Liverpool's most celebrated makers.
A very good longcase with chinoiserie decoration on a green ground, the maker being a former mayor of Doncaster.
A fine and small ebony-veneered timepiece with pull quarter repeat by this well-known maker.
Angle barometer.
A good Regency rosewood bracket clock by these well-known makers, complete with a replacement wall bracket.
A black-lacquered Act of Parliament or tavern clock in superb original condition.
A good provincial walnut longcase with 11-inch dial.
An exceptionally fine lacquer longcase clock decorated with chinoiserie on a brick-red ground.
An extremely rare Act of Parliament or tavern clock with wood bezel and hour striking movement. Also included is 'Bristol "Act of Parliament" clocks', an article by Adrian Burchall from Illustrated Bristol News (May 1973).
A fine, small skeleton timepiece of the highest quality.
An exceptionally fine walnut longcase clock by this celebrated maker.
A good marine stick barometer by these well-known makers.
A good provincial mahogany longcase of fine colour and figuring and with moon dial.
A small and fine mahogany longcase by this well-known maker.
A fine and very rare Act of Parliament or tavern timepiece in a large "banjo" case and in a quite exceptional state of preservation.
A very fine Vienna regulator timepiece in a tapered mahogany case with architectural pediment.
A mahogany longcase clock in the best Edinburgh tradition with an engraved and silvered arched dial.
A fine skeleton timepiece with "one at the hour" strike by these noted makers.
A fine shield dial tavern timepiece decorated with gilt on a black ground.
A fine rosewood chamfer top bracket [clock] with good brass decoration and original wall bracket.
A very fine and early shield dial tavern clock decorated with gilt chinoiserie on a black ground.
Folder marked "4" but it is sixth in the chronological sequence.
An exceptionally finely proportioned , bow-front mahogany stick barometer by this well-known maker.
A fine, ebony veneered bracket clock retaining all the original case mounts and with verge movement, quarter repeating on three bells.
A very fine and rare "rooftop" Vienna regulator timepiece in a six-light walnut case by these well-known makers.
A good, early nineteenth-century mahogany bracket clock with chamfer top and matching wall bracket.
A good, striking lantern clock with original verge escapement.
An early one-piece carriage clock striking on a bell, by this noted maker.
A very good Sedan timepiece.
A good, round-top, open-fronted mahogany barometer by this well-known maker.
A fine and very rare English dial [clock] with 12-inch convex wood dial and hour strike.
A fine and small panelled marquetry longcase clock with 11-inch dial by the Oxford member of this celebrated family.
A finely proportioned , brass-inlaid, rosewood bracket clock complete with replacement wall bracket.
A very rare oak longcase with arched top case in the manner of Holmes and Dutton and with finely proportioned brass dial.
An eighteenth-century Boulle bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat on three bells and with its original wall bracket .
A very fine and rare mahogany tavern timepiece by these well-known makers.
A provincial oak longcase clock of excellent colour and with finely-made movement and dial of London quality.
A fine seventeenth-century panelled marquetry longcase with 11-inch dial with some good decoration and the rare feature of a day-of-the-week aperture.
A fine walnut longcase clock by this Master of the Clockmakers Company.
A fine and large tavern timepiece with round white dial and chinoiserie decoration on a black ground.
A fine and rare miniature ship's bulkhead timepiece by these well-known makers.
A longcase clock decorated with finely preserved chinoiserie on a faded crimson ground and with coloured prints to the trunk and base.
An exceptionally fine mahogany trunk dial [clock] with 14-inch engraved brass dial by these noted makers.
A fine, small ebony veneered bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat on two bells of about 1695.
Engraved carriage clock, quarter strike on bells.
An exceptionally rare Queen Anne walnut stick barometer in a remarkable state of preservation.
A fine and well-proportioned ebony-veneered bracket clock with quarter repeat on six bells.
A very fine and small ebony-veneered bracket clock with hour strike and repat, alarm and strike/silent.