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 25
large one, having attached to it an index. This drumhas a groove or slot a h cut through it, tapering in breadth i^othways to a point. When in its place, this tapering groove comesjust under the orifice of the pipe leading from the reservoir. Thisinner drum turns on a pipe or tube F, which is… … Fig. 7. Time and Enrlv Time Recorders. II turned, the capacity of the orifice is altered, and the water passesmore or less rapidly through the pipe. The ecliptic being pro-perly divided, the hand was set to the proper sign in which thesun then was, and was altered as he shifted round the ecliptic.…
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