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 31
taken in the preparation ofthe sand. According to a pre-scription in Le Maiagiev de Paris,pour faire sablon a mettre esorloges ground black marbledust was to be boiled in wine,and, after Deing thoroughlydried, to be ground again, the process to be repeated about ninetimes. To this day a sand glass… … Fig. 15. ( 17 ) CHAPTER II. WEIGHT CLOCKS, So many vague and contradictory records exist as to the inventionof clocks composed of an assemblage of wheels actuated by a weight,that any attempt to fix the exact date of their introduction wouldbe mere guesswork. It is claimed that Pacificus,…
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