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The Friends’ Newsletters This edition contains a welcome from the Chairman “Old Friends” an article on supporters of the Clockmakers’ Museum in the early 19th century, including Benjamin Vulliamy and Hon. Anne Seymour Damer The Friends’ programme for 2006/7 Also articles on the Friends’ webside , the Friends’ Logo and “H5—now you can own the clock!” Click here for Issue 2, Autumn 2007 This edition contains articles on the Royal opening of the new gallery at the Royal Observatory, together with a description of the Friends visit. To Greenwich A description of “Art in Action” 2007 Articles on John Donne, on the chronometer maker Samuel Elliott Atkins and on the history of the longcase clock. Also the Chairman’s Report, a note on a cheap “H5” replica sold in aid of the Clockmakers’ Museum and a review of Jeremy Evans’s book “Thomas Tompion”. Click here for Issue 3, Autumn 2008 This edition contains A description of the Friends’ visit to Bletchley Park “A Coincidence” a new look at the origins the the celebrated 17th century clock maker Edward East A description of the Friends’ visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry “Behind the Craft” an interview with the sundial maker Joanna Migdal Recollections of the Solar Eclipse in Cornwall by Dr. Colin Lattimore The Chairman’s Report “Tales from a Library”: clockwork in the service of science. |
