How to Manage and Regulate Clocks and Watches is a new English translation of the first owners manual for timepieces. The book was written in 1759, a time when watches and clocks were first becoming available to the public. Titled L art de conduire et de regler les Pendules et les Montres. A l usage de ceux qui n ont aucune connaissance d Horlogerie will appear extremely basic. For instance, it starts with a description of the difference between mean and solar time. However, the reader must remember that this was not a technical age, and it original readers may not have been familiar with simple concepts such as friction, lubrication, or storing power in a spring or by raising a weight. A book that provides insight into the practice of timekeeping in everyday life in its early years, Lawrence Alan Seymour s translation is a welcome addition to the horological library.
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