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 237
centres, having a finger to point to the hours. Inanother plan representations of the sun and moon were utilizedfor the purpose. Sometimes figures corresponding to the currenthour were shown through an aperture in the dial, and warriorswith swords as pointers are among the most familiar of… … Fig. 341.—Watch by Jas. McCabe. Fig. 342.—Curious Tompion watch. years before this date, the specimen here shown has only one hand ;but the chief peculiarity in connection with the dial is its divisioninto six hours. Here the idea is evidently to give with one hand alonger space than usual for more…
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