ISBN 1 902256 02 6 Published
by Michael Lee Chapel Publications Wansford PE 8 6 JD.
The book has 43 pages and is
just under A4 in size with a glossy squared back cover and
contains 80 illustrations and
drawings.
Whilst working as a bell hanger the writer
Michael Lee found a number of ancient church clocks dating from
1685 to 1704.
John Watts signed most of his work with the mark
IW, followed by the date. The clock at
Apethorpe in Northamptonshire is marked IW 1704 and is still in
use today. The book is dedicated to Galileo who was first
to use the pendulum as a near friction free device as the
the heartbeat for the clock and how John Watts made early
use of a similar pendulum. It also deals with how in
a mysterious way the clocks were found and how the writer
brought most of them back to life.
This is a must for all
enquiring minds as it is easy to read and understand.
The contents
John Watts Clockmaker
John Watts of
Stamford
A Clockmaker's
Workshop
The Pendulum
The Clock Bell
Clock Dials and
Spindle Holes
The Keeper of the
Clock
Nassington Church
Clock
Apethorpe Church
Clock
Michael Lee and
John Watts had problems
Edith Weston Church
Clock
Empingham Church
Clock
Clipsham Church
Clock
Peterborough
Cathedral's Clocks
The Lost Clocks
Sites of John Watts Clocks
Acknowledgments
The Nassington church clock IW 1695 as found in
1979. The size is approximately 1 meter high 0.75 meter wide and
has a weight of 200 kilo.
