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 292
od is of steel, of a flattened ovalsection, with 6-inch bob of lenticular form.The amount of oscillation, being only2f°, causes the recoil of the escapement ^1to be barely apparent. The day of the month circle is movedby an extra wheel from the hour wheel.Maintaining power while winding is givenby… … Fig. 418.—Clock by Tompionat the Pump-room, Bath. 278 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. The case is of solid unpolished oak, nine feet high to the top of thearched head which is surmounted by brass ball ornaments. Thebody of the case is seventeen inches wide and about six inchesnarrower than…
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