Gives a brief description of the development of the American clock up to 1840 includingthe beginning of naass produced movements with wooden wheels by Eli Terry. Further chapters deal with the development of the various types of factory clock with metal movements including imitations thereof, calendar clocks and other unusual items, repairs to movements, cases and dials. There is a chapter on collectors' societies, materials and services available to the collector/restorer. The appendices deal with clock papers, export to Great Britain, makers, a description of the Ansonia factory in New York and quotations from the book The clockmaker by T. C. Haliburton. -- AATA