Histories and Biographies
[Ed.Note: Some of these articles were published in the NAWCC Bulletin, either under the same title or under a slightly different title.]Technicalities
- Phinehas Bailey
A Vermont Clockmaker, Tinker, Minister, and Inventor of the first Shorthand System.- Hiram Todd Dewey
An Ohio Clockmaker, Jeweler, Vintner and Snake Oil Salesman.- Josiah Green and His Clock
A Newly Discovered New Hampshire Tower Clock.- Shades of Orsamus Roman Fyler
A Jilted Vermont Clockmaker, Mysogynist, and Whetstone Maker- John Osgood
New Hampshire Master and Maker- A Close Look at Thomas Harland and his apprentices
Considering his alleged apprentices.- Some Speculations on Daniel Burnap
Covering his alleged apprenticeship with Thomas Harland, and his tower clocks.- Candace Roberts
Japanner and Dial Painter and Diarist.- Emeline Loomis--2 1/2¢ per dial...
and what it was like to work for a typical clockmaker in the early 1800's.- Lucy Amy Miller Hasham
A vignette of the life of a woman married to a rather eccentric clockmaker in the mid-1800's.- les filles Anglais
A Tale of Two English Nuns who were also watch- and watchcase makers.- Nathan Hale
Vermont's Quondam Clockmaker, Miller, Hotelier, and Church Builder.- Benjamin Morrill
A remarkably unremarkable man...- Who was Jeremiah Cleveland?
Some Notes on a cousin of President Grover Cleveland.
- Some Notes on tower clock weight drives.
- To IV, or not to IV, ... Why is the IV number form used instead of the IIII form?
- Why is clockwise Clockwise?
- The 59 Minute Hour Comments on digital "clocks."
Noted in Passing
Anecdotes
This is Page Three of three main pages by the late Donn Haven Lathrop.
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