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 286
d 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 escapement for the alarum is behindthe going train, and wlien the alarum is let off the… … Fig. 410. -Watch by Tompion in goldcases. Fig. 4 II.—Tompion watch in sil\ei innercase ; out case, tortoiseshell. Camille Andre. In the same repository is a curious universal pocketsun-dial with compass, all of gold, also by Tompion. In 1675, he made for Charles II. a watch with two balances…
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