Geller, Clint: - Dr. Geller is a research physicist at a United States government laboratory and lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife of thirty-two years. He has collected, researched and written about early American pocket watches since the mid-1980s. This publication is his second full-length book in the horological field, and his first book to focus on aspects of horology relating specifically to the American Civil War. In 2002, Dr. Geller chaired the "Boston: Cradle of Industrial Watchmaking" NAWCC National Seminar in Boxboro, Massachusetts. In 2006, he chaired the "American Watchmaking II" Ward Francillon National NAWCC Seminar in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Geller was made an NAWCC Fellow in 2003, and he received the NAWCC's James W. Gibbs Award for literary achievement in horology in 2009. Dr. Geller has published in numerous physics and engineering journals and he holds two United States patents for technical inventions. He is also a science fiction/fantasy novelist, the author of the Gennebar Rising trilogy. Dr. Geller can be contacted through the NAWCC and through his blog, ClintGeller.com.