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Woodcut of medieval clockmaker, 1568 Lateral view of a Timothy Mason longcase clock movement with striking mechanism, c. 1730. A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are now factory-made, most modern clockmakers only repair clocks.
Joseph Windmills (c.1640 – 1724), was an eminent London watch- and clockmaker who, with his son Thomas, produced outstanding timepieces between 1671 and 1737.. Joseph was born around 1640/1650 and his origins are uncertain.
Silas Hoadley (1786 – December 28, 1870) was an American clockmaker. Biography. Hoadley was born in Bethany, Connecticut on January 31, 1786. [1]
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The documentary Clock-maker (1971), directed and produced by Richard Gayer, is a profile of Burgess. It focuses on the building of one of his gigantic clocks, an open mechanism eighteen feet high, driven by weights and weighing some 350 kilograms, or 760 pounds avoirdupois.
Henry Hindley (1701–1771) was an 18th-century clockmaker, watchmaker and maker of scientific instruments.He invented a screw-cutting lathe, a fusee-cutting engine and an improved wheel-cutting engine and made one of the first dividing engines, [1] for the construction of accurately-graduated arcs on scientific instruments.
Hill was the first African American clockmaker and the only African American clockmaker working during the late 18th century and early 19th century. [1] Around 1814, Hill moved his business to Mount Holly, New Jersey. [6] On February 29, 1820, Hill purchased a large house in Mount Holly. [6] He died in December of that same year. [6]
Quare died on 21 March 1724, aged 75, at his country house at Croydon, and was buried in the Quaker burial ground, Chequer Alley, Bunhill Fields, on 27 March.The Daily Post of Thursday, 26 March, reported: "Last week dy'd Mr. Daniel Quare, watchmaker in Exchange Alley, who was famous both here and at foreign courts for the great improvements he made in that art, and we hear he is succeeded in ...