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Traité de l'horlogerie, méchanique et pratique : approuvé par l'Academie royale des sciences

Thiout, aîné (Antoine), 1692-1767, Heulland, Guillaume d', d. ca. 1770 · 1741 · A Paris : Chez Charles Moette ... : Prault pere ... : Hyppolite-Louis Guerin ... : Pierre Clement ... : Pierre-André Debats .... : Louis Dupuis ... : Charles-Antoine Jombert ... · 126 pictures

Antoine Thiout's two-volume treatise on clock- and watchmaking, published in Paris in 1741 with plates engraved by Guillaume d'Heulland, addressed to working horologists and the Académie royale des sciences. The 130 copperplate engravings show lathes, gear-cutting engines, escapements, screw presses and hand tools in fine-line elevation and section, with lettered keys and parts laid out separately against blank grounds.

Clocks and watches

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