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 366
^ * ->*, ,t ^- Fig. 465. in form, measures about ten inches across. Under the clock is theinscription by Cowper :— QU^ LENTA ACCEDIT QUAM VELOX PR/ETERIT HORAUT CAPIAS PATIENS ESTO SED ESTO VIGIL, which Hayley happily rendered :— Slow comes the hour, its passing speed how great!Waiting to seize…
Clocks and watches · Clock and watch makers
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