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 284
Fig. 407.- -Watch by Samuel Betts,about 1640. Records of Early Makers, etc. 269 Tompion and Graham.—Thomas Tompion, the father ofEnghsh watchmaking, was born at Northhill, Bedfordshire, in 1638.It is said that his father was a farrier, and that he was brought upto the same trade ; but the first… … Fig. 40S.—Thomas Tompion, 163S —1713. portion of which is now Whitefriars Street, and Tompions shop,known by the sign of the Dial and Three Crowns, was at the FleetStreet corner where the offices of the Daily News are. His adventmarks a distinct epoch in the history of the horological…
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