Contributors 4
Photo Credits 5
Acknowledgments 6
Foreword 7
Introduction 7
Part 1: France
Introduction 8
Chapter 1: Ferdinand & Louis Berthoud 10
Chapter 2: The Lepaute Family 19
Chapter 3: Robert Robin 1742-1799 29
Chapter 4: Antide Janvier 1751-1835 39
Chapter 5: Abraham Louis Breguet 55
Chapter 6: Jean Antoine Lepine, Le Roy and
Leroy, Bourdier, Jacob, and Jarossay 67
Chapter 7: Longcase Regulators 84
Chapter 8: Table and Wall Regulators 93
Chapter 9: Louis Leroy et Cie, Paris 114
Part 2: Germany
Introduction 117
Chapter 10: Riefler 119
Chapter 11: Strasser and Rohde 150
Chapter 12: Other German Makers 178
Part 3: America
Introduction BY DONALD SAFF 203
Chapter 13: American Precision Pendulum
Clocks BY DONALD SAFF 204
Part 4: The 20th Century
Introduction 245
Chapter 14: F.M. Fedchenko and his Pendulum
Astronomical Clocks BY G. FEINSTEIN 247
Chapter 15: The Littlemore Clock
BY PROFESSOR E. T. HALL 264
Chapter 16: The Continuing Pursuit of
Perfection BY PHILIP WOODWARD 274
Glossary of Terms 282
Index 286
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