Swansea Clocks. Watch and clockmakers of Swansea and district (Llanelli, Llandeilo, Neath

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Author(s) Greenlaw, Joanna
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1997
Pages 123pp; illus
Publisher The author
Place Published Swansea

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Name National Library of Wales
City Aberystwyth
County Dyfed
Country Wales
Postcode SY23 3BU
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Business profiles & biographies

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Largely comprises 'Comprehensive list of watch and clockmakers in Swansea and district' [pp56-122] in some cases providing substantial biographical accounts and transcribing press notices, etc. Otherwise contains eight short chapters on clocks, etc, in Wales - 'Measurement of time'; 'Brief account of horology in Wales'; 'The clockmaker's workshop and his day'; etc