(Draft in progress) This is the eight and penultimate chapter in the story of Henry Sully. Following his return to Versailles, where for some time he was obliged to make…
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(Working Draft) This is the seventh chapter in the story of Henry Sully: following the failure of the two horological factories that Sully led in Versailles, and later, Saint Germain…
(Draft) This is the sixth chapter in the story of Henry Sully: following his arrival in Paris in 1715-16, where he quickly made a name for himself in horological circles…
(Draft) This is the fifth chapter in the story of Henry Sully: his arrival in Paris in 1715-16, where he quickly made important contacts within the watchmaking community, and established…
(Draft) This is the fourth chapter in the story of Henry Sully: his relocation in 1711 from Leiden, Netherlands, to Germany (1711-13) and Austria (1714-15), where he continued to earn…
(Draft) This is the third chapter in the story of Henry Sully: his relocation from London in 1705/06 to the Netherlands, where he made a living repairing clocks and watches,…
(Draft ) This is the second chapter in the story of Henry Sully: his relocation from his birthplace in Somerset, to the bustling metropolis where he completed a lengthy apprenticeship…
This is the first chapter in the story of Henry Sully: his origins in Somerset County England, a description of his birthplace, and historical information about the Sully family name.
In Southern England in 1728, there were six consecutive days of fog in September. The winter there would be severe, with snow from mid-December to the end of January. In…
According to Julien Le Roy, writing in Règle artificielle du temps (1737), the Scotsman financier John Law (1671 – 1729) , who was playing an increasingly important role in the…