LINKS


A Walk through Time

  The Evolution of Time Measurement  

  Calendars Through The Ages 

 

Astrolabes/ Astrolabe Design

  Astrolabes

  Martin Brunold Astrolabes - Sundials

   Keith's Astrolabes

   Shadows (Astrolabe Design)

  The Astrolabe

    The Astrolabe: an Online Resource

 

British Horological Institute

   BHI                 

 

Books/ Videos

   Astronomische Uhren und Welt-Modelle der Priester Mechaniker

  Edmund Beckett - Clocks, Watches, and Bells - (Internet)

  F.J. Britten - Watch and Clockmakers' Handbook (second hand)

  M. V. Headrick - Clock and Watch Escapement Mechanics (Internet)

  Henry C. King - Geared to the Stars (second hand)

  Andre Lehr - De Geschiedenis van het Astronomische Kunstuurwerk

  James Evans - The History & Practice of Ancient Astronomy

   James E. Morisson - The Astrolabe

  Jo Marchant - Decoding The Heavens

  John Locke - Making a Tellurian/ Orrery (second hand)

  Otto Mortensen - Jens Olsen's Clock (second hand)

   Hans Scheurenbrand - Festo Harmonices Mundi

    William R. Smith - Telegraph Keys - Clockmaking and Modelmaking

    J.Malcolm. Wild - Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology 

  John Wilding Books

 

Clock builders    

   Roger Bunce

  Carlo. G. Croce  

  Clockmaker Jorgen Jorgensen     

  P. Coleman 

   Mark Frank - An Astronomical Skeleton Clock

    Sean Pat Gallagher

  Toine Dealmans - The Astronomical Clock

  Lei Lennaerts - English Lantern Clocks

    J. B. Shadle - Online Clock Building

  Rex Swenson


Clock Builders Club

  Klokkengroep 's Hertogenbosch (Dutch)

 

CNC/ (Bevel) Gear software/ Metal Working/ Utilities/ Microscrews

   Bob Warfield's CNC Cookbook

   Josh Madison - Convert

  How Stuff Works - Gears

  Frank J. Hoose's Mini Lathe Site

  John Moran's Mini Lathe Site

  Majosoft's Metal working Site

  Making Multi-Point Gear Cutters

  Metal Web News      

   Tips from Sherline Machinists (Bevel gear cutting)

  King Microscrews

  Dan Kautz - The Hobbyist's Machine Shop

   Tony Jeffree's Model Engeneering Pages

   Marv Klotz's Utilities (gear software)

 

Famous Astronomical Clocks/ Planetariums

  Eise Eisinga Planetarium     

  Planetarium Zuylenburgh    

  Festo Harmonices Mundi

  Giovanni de Dondi Astrarium

  Prague Astronomical clock 

    Prague five kinds of time on one clock

  The Astronomical Clock of Beçanson

  The Corpus Clock

    The Long Now Foundation 

   The Restoration of Jens Olsen's clock

    The Richard Wallingford Clock

  The Türler Clock

  Wier - An Astronomical Clock

  Wikipedia - Astronomical Clock

   Wildrik Botjes Planetarium

 

History/ Information/ Cartography/ Archaeoastronomy

    Almagest Ephemeris Calculator

    Almagest Planetary Model Animations

    Archaeoastronomy

   Astronomical Clocks of the Middle Ages

   Astronomicum Caesareum

    Astronomy References       

  Armagh Observatory (The Human Orrery)

   Celestial Cartography

  Heavenly Mathematics & Cultural Astronomy

    Graphic work and models for scientific visualization

  Museo Galileo - Cosmic Machines

   Planetaria Models/ Telluriums

    The Center of Archaeoastronomy

    The Dutch Connection - A short history of the Dutch Clock

  Time for Clocks - Astronomical Clocks

    Webpages on the History of Astronomy

 

National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors

   NAWCC     

 

Orrery Builders

  Adam Richard Cooper - Sharing Various Things

    Brian Greig Orrery Maker

    Carlo. G. Croce     

  Ian Coote - Ferguson's orrery

   Clayton Boyer  Ferguson's Mechanical Paradox Orrery

   Eugene Sargent

  Peter Grimwood Orreries UK

    The Long Now Foundation

  Dave Goodchild The Wooden Orrery

 

Planetarium programs/ software

  Astrotour (model of the solar-systeem)      

   C2A

  Hnsky

  Skychart/Cartes du Ciel

   Stellarium

  Winstars

 

Planispheres (Star Wheels)

  R. Walrecht Productions    

 

Professional Clock & watch Builders

  Arcadian Clock Co.

  Andrew Vorontsov Skeleton Watches & Clocks

  Christiaan van der Klaauw Astronomical Watches    

  Sinclair Harding Sun and Moon Clocks

  The St.Petersburg Centre of Watch & Clock Restoration

  David Walter Timepieces

  Whitehurst

  Phillipe Wurtz

  

(Re-Design of) The Antikythera Mechanism

   Bob Warfield - CNC Cookbook

  The Antikythera Artifact

    The Antikythera Computing Device

   Tatjana van Vark - The Essence of the Antikythera Mechanism

   Mogi Massimo Vicentini - The Antikythera Celestial Machine

   The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project

 

Sites with many Horological Resources

  Antiques Clocks at 2-Clicks

  Antiquarian Horological Society

   Horology - The Index    

  The Horological Foundation

  
Uncle-B

  Watch-Inc List of Clocks & Timekeeping Resources

 

Sundials/ Sundial Design

  Roger Bunce - My Sundial

    Frans Meas - Sundial Site

   Shadows (Sundial Design)

  The British Sundial Society    

    The North American Sundial Society    

                   

  Heiner Thiessen - Solar Time     

 

Watch and Clock Building Information

  Adventures in Watchmaking

  Dave West Clockmakers Tools 

  Dave West Workshop Hints and Tips

    Historic Timekeepers Photoseries

    Mark Headrick's Horology Page    

   The Secret Live of Continued Fractions

   Timekeepers Workbench

  

   Hugh Sparks - Watchmaking

  John Wilding and other makers -Wheels and Pinions

  Wooden Works Clocks Introduction

                      

 

 (In my opinion these are quality links  but I cannot be held responsible for any content)

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