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 317
clock by him dating from 1676-80. It is shown inFig. 437. The dial is 10 inches square with cherub corners, and inone line along the bottom is the inscription, ^Johannes Fromanteel,Londoni fecity Around the hour circle every minute from i to 60is numbered. The case is of walnut with small raised… … regulation is effected by means of a large millednut fixed above the pendulum cock, thespring rising and falling between chops asin many modern clocks. It has the boltand shutter maintaining power referred toon page 301. The striking at the hour ispeculiar, there being four bells of differentnotes,…
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