Shortt free-pendulum clock, box of accessories
Date: circa 1929
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0187c
Classification: Clock
Subject:
Maker: Synchronome Company, Ltd (founded circa 1900)
Maker: William Hamilton Shortt (1881 - 1971)
User: Institute of Geographical Exploration (1929 - 1952)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
18.3 x 37 x 20 cm (7 3/16 x 14 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Material:
wood,
Description:
The box contained the contents that have been separately catalouged as 1998-1-0187d. The contents were removed so as to be protected from "sticky fingers" in the main gallery.
Box still contains a board used to hold the free-pendulum clock's movement. It is inscribed, "board to hold movement to master assembly."
Box still contains a board used to hold the free-pendulum clock's movement. It is inscribed, "board to hold movement to master assembly."
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesThis clock was set up in Harvard University's Institute of Geographical Exploration at 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge.
Curatorial RemarksSee 1998-1-0187d and instrument file for list and photographs of parts stored within the box.
Primary SourcesSynchronome Company Ltd, copies of 9 patent drawings related to the clock movement, electrical circuitry, and more. In instrument file.
Synchronome Company, Ltd., "Instructions for the Erection of Free Pendulum, Master and Slave Clocks," circa 1959. Typescript in instrument file.
Synchronome Company, Ltd., "Memorandum on the Microscope and Special Beat Plate," circa 1959. Typescript in instrument file.
F. Hope-Jones, "The Free Pendulum," a lecture delivered before the British Horological Institute on April 19th, 1923 (London: The Synchronome Company, Ltd, [circa 1923]). Booklet in instrument file.
F. Hope-Jones, "The Free Pendulum," Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 72 (1924): 445-462. Offprint in instrument file.
Synchronome Company, Ltd, Astronomical Regulators and Observatory Time Installations, Together with a Brief Essay on the Free Pendulum and the General Principles of the Synchronome System on which It Is Based (Mount Pleasant, Alperton, Middlesex, UK: The Synchronome Company Ltd, [circa 1950]). Booklet in instrument file.
Synchronome Company, Ltd., "Instructions for the Erection of Free Pendulum, Master and Slave Clocks," circa 1959. Typescript in instrument file.
Synchronome Company, Ltd., "Memorandum on the Microscope and Special Beat Plate," circa 1959. Typescript in instrument file.
F. Hope-Jones, "The Free Pendulum," a lecture delivered before the British Horological Institute on April 19th, 1923 (London: The Synchronome Company, Ltd, [circa 1923]). Booklet in instrument file.
F. Hope-Jones, "The Free Pendulum," Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 72 (1924): 445-462. Offprint in instrument file.
Synchronome Company, Ltd, Astronomical Regulators and Observatory Time Installations, Together with a Brief Essay on the Free Pendulum and the General Principles of the Synchronome System on which It Is Based (Mount Pleasant, Alperton, Middlesex, UK: The Synchronome Company Ltd, [circa 1950]). Booklet in instrument file.