Events and Articles of Interest
Book by local author Bob Frishman
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Edward Duffield
Philadelphia Clockmaker, Citizen, Gentleman 1730-1803
Author: Bob Frishman
American Philosophical Society Press
Recommended Reading - Team Favorites
Recommended by Chris Bailey
Recommended by Chris Bailey
A simple book on making clocks and watches:
● The Craft of the Clockmaker, by E. J. Tyler, 1974 (96 pages)
On Willard clocks:
● Willard Patent Timepieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900, by Paul J. Foley, 2002 (358 pages)
On wooden movement tall clocks:
● American Wooden Movement Tall Clocks 1712-1835, by Philip E. Morris, Jr., 2011 (512 pages)
On early American brass movement tall clocks:
● Johan Ludwig Eberhardt and His Salem Clocks, by Frank P. Albright, 1978 (160 pages)
● Stretch: America’s First Family of Clockmakers, by Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III, 2013 (343 pages)
● Claggett: Newport’s Industrious Clockmakers, by Donald L. Fennimore, Frank L. Hohmann III and Dennis Carr, 2018 (321 pages)
On Connecticut shelf clocks:
● Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock, revised 2nd edition, by Kenneth D. Roberts and Snowden Taylor, 1994 (376 pages)
● The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862, revised 2nd, by Kenneth D. Roberts, 1988 (388 pages)
● Erastus Hodges 1781-1847: Connecticut manufacturer, merchant, & entrepreneur, by Theodore B. Hodges, 1994 (360 pages)
On English tall clocks:
● The Longcase Clock Reference Book, by John Robey, 2nd edition revised & enlarged, 2013, (two volumes, 927 pages)
