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 290
ingbarrels, the two fusees and the larger driving wheels. The middleportion behind the dial contains the smaller wheels and pinions ;while the verge escapement above is held separately, so that it maybe easily detached. The pendulum, six inches long, is in front of the Records of Early Makers, etc.… … Fig. 417.—Travelling striking and alarum watch by Tompion, actual size. the chops which embrace the pendulum spring, very much in theway adopted for modern clocks ; the sliding chops are actuated by atangent wheel and screw, and there is on the front plate a micrometerindex for noting the amount of…
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