Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 112
Fig. 91. the position of the crank could be altered, but, so far as one couldsee, there is no provision for automatic regulation, so that, if the Portahlc Timekeepers,. 97 reading of the scale is to be exact, the dial would have to beremoved and the position of the crank altered once a year.… … Fig. 92. wheel already mentioned, and the annual dial is therefore less thanhalf the diameter of the movement. The case is of brass, engraved and gilt. The hour band is ofsilver, divided into two periods of twelve hours each, and markedwith Roman numerals. Within the hour ring, and separating…
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