Time, Time and Time Again: Activities, Technology, and People - Couverture rigide

Evans, Geoffrey

 
9781905960071: Time, Time and Time Again: Activities, Technology, and People
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1905960077 ISBN 13 : 9781905960071
Editeur : Quinto Press Limited, 2008

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fascinating insight into the development of the watchmaking industry in South Wales and the author's engagement in British, European, and overseas horological affairs and administration; with detailed technical appendix providing a skilful analysis of the challenges and innovative solutions in the design of pocket and wristwatches. The book will be welcome reading for all those interested in the story of one of Britain's most successful precision-based industries and for those enthused by the engineering and mechanisms of timepieces developed from a world-renowned history of clock and watchmaking in Britain.

Biographie de l'auteur

Geoffrey Evans was Chief Design Engineer at the Anglo-Celtic watch manufacturing plant at Ystradgynlais, South Wales, and then National Secretary of the British Horological Institute and finally Secretary General of the British Horological Federation. A keen Rotarian, he is a former magistrate and lives in Nottinghamshire.

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Éditeur
Quinto Press Limited
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1905960077
ISBN 13 
9781905960071
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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