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WAR/03/020 · File · 1978
Part of WARD, FRANK

Handwritten. Also includes a typescript letter from the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, regarding Dr Ward's request for a photograph (not included), and the Museum's postcard showing a Roman vertical disc dial c.250 AD.

WAD/01/K/009 · File · 1980 Nov
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article about a watch and chatelaine from the Devonshire Collection, from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (November 1980), p. 98. Includes issue cover.

TYLER, JOHN
TYL · Collection · 1966–1992

This collection comprises research notes on clockmaking in regions of England (Surrey, Middlesex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) and the Black Forest, possibly assembled by E. John Tyler.

Tyler, John
BUN/01 · Series · compiled in the 20th century
Part of BUNT, ERIC AND EILEEN

This series comprises notes and transcripts of fourteenth to eighteenth-century sources relating to clockmaking and watchmaking.

SHE/01/001 · File · 1799
Part of SHENTON, ALAN AND RITA

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.

ALL/01/025 · File · 1976–2001
Part of ALLIX, CHARLES

Includes correspondence with the Science Museum and other institutions and individuals; copies of the article on "Some Notes on the History of Machine Watchmaking" by Prof. D.S. Torrens (1947); extracts from sales catalogues; notes and correspondence relating to clockmaking tools, and photographs.

WAD/01/R/019 · File · 1979 Sep
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Two copies of an original article about price rises of antique clocks from The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide (September 1979), p. 88.

"Time off with clocks"
WAD/01/01/047 · File · 1977
Part of WADSWORTH, FRANCIS

Original article about clocks at Zaanse Schans museum from Holland Herald, vol. 12 no. 2 (1977), pp. 33–35.

THORNTON, PHILIP
THO · Collection · 1930–1973

This collection comprises Philip Thornton’s reports, notes, sketches and tracings which document the repairs and restorations of mainly bracket clocks, carried out by him primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, with a few later instances. Most papers record the date of restoration and the name of the client. The files vary in size and content from single pieces of scrap paper to more comprehensive bundles containing condition reports and detailed large-format drawings. Many of the papers are in very fragile condition.

Thornton, Philip