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 264
example of oval astronomical watches of Englishmake, such as were popular in the early part of the seventeenth century,may be taken one in the British Museum, inscribed WilliamNorth, Londini, and of which an exterior view is given in thesubjoined engraving. It shows the hours on the lower and day… … Fi< 3jo. 250 Old Clocks and Wafches and their Makers. figures : Apollo for Sunday, Diana for Monday, Mars for Tuesday,Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday,and Saturn for Saturday. Through the three openings on the rightare seen the phases of the moon, the quarters of the…
Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers
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