Author: Allen Kurzweil Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 368
Book Description
Confronted by both professional and personal crises, reference librarian Alexander Short gains a new lease on life when he meets Henry James Jesson III, who hires him for some research into an enigmatic eighteenth-century inventor.
Author: Tourbillon International (Firm) Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 576
Book Description
Grand Complications, Volume III provides a detailed overview of complicated watchmaking. Published by Tourbillon International, this reference work for connoisseurs deals with each of the major horological complications by theme, from their history through to their most recent developments. Multi-complications, minute repeaters and sonneries, tourbillons, equations of time, perpetual calendars, chronographs, jump hours and retrograde mechanisms, and GMTs and multiple time zones are reviewed in great detail. The latest creations by over 23 elite watch manufacturers are displayed and are accompanied by technical descriptions, comprising more than 400 pages in a book that already has earned respect among connoisseurs.
Author: Tina Frolund Publisher: ABC-CLIO ISBN: 1610694325 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 195
Book Description
Make history come alive! This book helps librarians and teachers as well as readers themselves find books they will enjoy—titles that will animate and explain the past, entertain, and expand their minds.
Author: Frank E. Wrenick Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786475358 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 268
Book Description
"The authors have done a masterful job in bringing together Ohio's automotive history in a very readable format...a welcome addition to any auto historian’s shelf”"--Antique Automobile "The definitive book on the role of Cleveland and Ohio during the early days of the automobile industry...well-researched and documented...well written...absolutely fascinating. I commend the Wrenicks on a fine addition to automotive history and McFarland & Company for continuing to publish such books"--CCCA Bulletin "Recommended"--Automobile "Well written and very informative. Recommended"--ARBA "An important research tool...every high school and college library in Ohio needs a copy"--Horseless Carriage Gazette This comprehensive look at the heyday of automobile manufacturing in Ohio chronicles the region's early prominence in an industry that was inventing itself. More than 550 Ohio manufacturers are covered, from Abbott to Zent. There are familiar marques, such as Jordan, Baker, Peerless, and White of Cleveland, along with Packard, Stutz, Crosley and Willys. Less well-known and forgotten automotive ventures, such Auto-Bug, Darling and Ben-Hur, are documented, although many never got beyond the concept stage. Attention is given to the various ancillary industries, services and organizations which nurtured, developed with and, in many cases, survived the decline of Cleveland's automotive industry.
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Author: Tina Frolund
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