Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 338
. In-ventories in this country from1638 to 1700 speak of clockswith valuations varying from £1, , ,, . ^° X^o, and occasionally a brass clock ,s specified. This must refer, as some ofthe others may also have done, to the lantern clock.The lantern clock in Illustration iG:^ is owned byWilham… … hang upon cords or chains passingthrough openings in the shelf; thependulum also swings through aslit in the shelf. The dial projectsbeyond the frame of the clock,and is six inches in diameter, andthere is but one hand. The domeat the top is partially concealed bythe frets above the body of…
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