11108. Willard, John Ware. Simon Willard and his Clocks. Dover. 1968.
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11108. Willard, John Ware. Simon Willard and his Clocks. Dover. 1968.
11108. Willard, John Ware. Simon Willard and his Clocks. (Formerly titled A History of Simon Willard Inventor and Clockmaker Together With Some Account of His Sons–His Apprentices–And the Workmen Associated With Him, with brief notices of other clockmakers of the family name). Dover. 1968. 133p. Soft wraps. Unabridged republication of the original 1911 edition. The inventor who established America’s first clock factory and developed clock-making techniques that are still in use more than 200 years later, Willard was a master among craftsmen. This unique biography, written by his great-grandson, not only chronicles the inventor’s life, it explains his methods and catalogs his creations. Well illustrated. (VG). $12.