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 285
e.x\mong others above medio-crity who made watches before and after the introduction of thebalance spring, Nathaniel Barrow is worthy of mention. Tompion was primarily a clockmaker; in the records of the Clock-makers Company he is referred to as a great clockmakerwhen he was associated as a brother… … Fig. 409. Records of Early Makers, etc. 271 The portrait on page 269 is from mezzotint produced in 1697after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. One of Tompions earlier clocks, which belongs to Mr. NormanShaw, is shown in Fig. 409. It has a light pendulum six inches inlength fixed to the verge ; the…
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