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Brittany Nicole "Nico" Cox is an antiquarian horologist based in Seattle, Washington.She owns and operates a business called Memoria Technica. She specializes in the area of conservation and restoration of antique automata, mechanical music objects, complicated clocks and watches, and mechanical magic.
Louis Moinet (1768–1853), inventor of the chronograph, was born into a prosperous family of farmers in Bourges, France, was a French horologist, sculptor and painter. [ 1 ] History
Abraham-Louis Breguet (French pronunciation: [abʁa.am lwi bʁeɡɛ]; 10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry, including the tourbillon.
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The hourglass is often used as a symbol representing the passage of time. Clocks; a watch-maker seated at his workbench. Chronometry [a] or horology [b] (lit. ' the study of time ') is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. [3]
watchmaker, scientist, Horologist-Mechanic by appointment to the King and the Navy Ferdinand Berthoud ( French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ bɛʁtu] ; born 18 March 1727, in Plancemont-sur-Couvet , Principality of Neuchâtel; died 20 June 1807, in Groslay , Val d'Oise), was a scientist and watchmaker .
George Daniels, CBE, FBHI, FSA, AHCI (19 August 1926 – 21 October 2011) was an English horologist, inventor of the coaxial escapement, author and a classic car collector. [1] He hand built 23 pocket watches and two wrist watches, as well as clocks.
Astrology; Background; Worship of heavenly bodies; History of astrology; Astrology and astronomy; Glossary; Planets. Behenian; Classical; Zodiac; Traditions, types ...