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 390
e in-creased and the weightwould be raised a little.There is no pendulum,but the escapement,which is at the back ofthe dial, is controlled bya straight bar balance.Wherever possible, therubbing surfaces w^erejewelled with diamondsto reduce the friction.The clock which is overseven feet in height… … Fig. 4SS.—Coxs perpetual motion. Cox 376 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. obtained an Act of Parliament in 1773, authorising him to disposeof his museum by means of a lottery, and for some months hisconceptions formed an exhibition at Spring Gardens, where half-a-guinea admission for each…
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