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NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred
1824-1896
Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...
Designs
1862-1883
Designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat alongside a number of sketches and designs for a 24 hour clock face by (Joseph) Alfred Novello dating from around 1883. He argued that the increase in r...
Plans for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat
c. 1874
Undated plans for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat with views of the side, top and cross section, with notes on scale and dimensions on the bottom right hand side.
Sketches towards a design for a 24 hour clock face
c. 1883
Six sketches on one sheet of folded paper towards a design for a 24 hour clock face, by (Joseph) Alfred Novello.
Circular on the 24 hour clock
Aug 1862
Printed circular by (Joseph) Alfred Novello titled '24 o'clock; a distinct name for each hour of the day', arguing for benefits for the railways and postal service and reduction in printing costs. The...
Circular on the 'Novello-craft'
Apr 1859
Photocopy of a printed circular by (Joseph) Alfred Novello titled 'Novello-craft; a proposed methodfor the accomplishing of great speed in journeying over water', in which he describes a design that c...
Design for a 24 hour clock face for a turret or railway station
c. 1883
Design for a 24 hour clock face for a turret or railway station by (Joseph) Alfred Novello, with notes in purple ink above and below. The reverse of the card on which the design is drawn is printed in...
Design for a 24 hour clock face with time zone maps
c. 1883
Design for a 24 hour clock face with maps of the world divided into different time zones. The reverse contains 4 gridded pencil sketches with details of different parts of the world.
Designs for a 24 hour clock face with newspaper cutting
c. 1883
Designs for a 24 hour clock face by (Joseph) Alfred Novello on Villa Novello notepaper, with a pasted newspaper cutting on the forthcoming International Geodetic Congress in Rome to be held in 1884.
Enlarged design for a 24 hour clock face
c. 1883
Enlarged design for a 24 hour clock face by (Joseph) Alfred Novello, inscribed with '24 o'clock or a whole day clock-face, with old works' at the bottom of the page.
Small and enlarged designs for a 24 hour clock face
c. 1883
Small and enlarged designs for a 24 hour clock face by (Joseph) Alfred Novello on one folded sheet of paper. The inside also appears to contain pencil sketches for page layouts.