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 144
d salvation obtained.) Portable Timekeepers. 12^ Running below these compartments on both sides there is anopen work, of about an inch in width, to permit the sound to comeout freely when the watch strikes. This is formed of emblemsbelonging to the Crucifixion—scourges of various kinds, swords,… … Fig. 123. thrown for it, the hammer and nails, and the crown of thorns.Under all these is the motto :— Scala coeli ad gloriam via.(The way to glory is the ladder to heaven.) The watch is opened by reversing the skull and placing theupper part of it in the hollow of the hand, and then lifting…
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