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 134
quarter-hours for settinf^ the striking. The eyes of the figure moveto and fro continuously while the clock is going; but instead of beingconnected directly to the balance, as in the preceding examples, they Portable TiincT^ccpcr^. 119 are worked by a separate escapement and ingenious… … Fig. iiG. affected. The plates of the movement are gilded, and the trainwheels are of steel. The case is of ebony. A peculiar early seventeenth century striking clock is shown inFig. 112. As the hours are sounded the negros head moves, and 120 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. the dog at his…
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