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JURGENSEN, Urbain. Principes Gnraux de l' Exacte Mesure du Temps par les Horloges; Ouvrage contenant les principes lmentaires de l' Art de la mesure u temps par les horloges, la description de plusieurs chappemens et de deux nouveaux proposs aux Artistes par l' Auteur, les meilleurs moyens de compensation des effets de la temprature, trois plans ou calibres de diffrentes montres, la description d' une pendule astronomique et d' une montre marine projetes par l' Auteur. ainsi que la description d' un nouveau thermomtre mtallique portatif, Copenhagen: chez N. Mller et Fils, 1805. 4 (242 x 192mm.), half title, dedication leaf, 18 folding engraved plates only (of 19, lacking plate XVII, occasional very light spotting), contemporary half calf (rebacked, rubbed). FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Bromley The Clockmakers' Library 499; cf. Brunet III, 602 (1838 edition).
IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, the front free endpaper signed "Jules Jurgensen," and with several significant amendments and corrections (?by Jules Jrgensen) to the text in ink and pencil. Jules Jrgensen (1808-1894), son of Urbain, and famous watchmaker in his own right, founded his manufactory in Bienne in 1834.
IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, the front free endpaper signed "Jules Jurgensen," and with several significant amendments and corrections (?by Jules Jrgensen) to the text in ink and pencil. Jules Jrgensen (1808-1894), son of Urbain, and famous watchmaker in his own right, founded his manufactory in Bienne in 1834.