David Rittenhouse - Philosopher-Mechanick of Colonial Philadelphia and His Famous Clocks

A lush and in-depth celebration of the clocks of David Rittenhouse, one of eighteenth-century America's greatest scientists and engineers

About the author

Donald L. Fennimore, curator emeritus, served as metalwork specialist at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware for 34 years. Frank L. Hohmann, a retired Wall Street executive, is a collector of eighteenth-century furniture, with a concentration on brass dial clocks.

Summary

A lush and in-depth celebration of the clocks of David Rittenhouse, one of eighteenth-century America’s greatest scientists and engineers

Product details

• Authors: Donald L. Fennimore, Donald L. Hohmann Fennimore, Fennimore Donald L., Frank L. Hohmann, Hohmann Frank L.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9780300272956
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27295-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; USA, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Clocks & Watches, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Antique clocks, watches, musical boxes & automata, Antique clocks, musical boxes and automata, C 1700 To C 1800