Abstract

ARANDA-HUETE, Amelia. The Treatises of Watchmaking in the Court of Charles III. Hist. Soc. [online]. 2019, n.37, pp.83-101.  Epub Oct 10, 2019. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n37.77235.

Charles III of Spain, interested in the new theories from Enlightenment ideas of European thinking, promoted from the very beginning of his rule the publication of treatises and the creation of watchmaking school-factories in Spain with the aim of boosting this art. The Franciscan friar Manuel del Río was the first to publish, in 1759, a treatise titled Arte de reloxes de ruedas para torre, sala i faltriquera. The royal clockmaker Manuel de Zerella wrote in 1781 a Tratado general y matemático de reloxería que comprende el modo de hacer reloxes de todas clases, y el de saberlos componer y arreglar por difíciles que sean acompañado de los elementos necesarios para ella, como son aritmética, álgebra, geometría, gnomónica, astronomía, geografía, física, maquinaria, música y dibuxo precisos para poseer a fondo el Noble Arte de la Reloxería. Lastly, the French clockmakers Felipe and Pedro Charost requested permission to stablish a clock factory in Madrid. One of the conditions imposed was the requirement to draft a simple but methodical treatise of watchmaking to support the formation of its school's apprentices.

Keywords : Manuel de Zerella; Felipe Santiago Charost; Pedro Charost; treatise; Charles III of Spain; watchmaking; horology; clockmaking.

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