This volume contains a detailed treatise on vintage clocks, with a guide to their mechanisms, information on their development, descriptions of different varieties, information on reproductions, and much more. Written in simple, accessible language and containing a wealth of practicable and interesting information, this text will be of much value to the discerning clock-enthusiast and to all those who have an affection for fine clocks, whether old or modern, as part of their home surroundings. The chapters of this volume include: Sundials, Water and Sand Time-Recorders, Time by Fire, Candle and Lamp, Weights and Wheels, The Pulse of Time, Lantern Clocks, Smaller Portable Timepieces, Bracket Clocks, The Companionable Grandfather, Act of Parliament and Other Wall Clocks, et cetera. This antiquarian book is being republished now complete with a new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.