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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 431

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ersailles. 4i5 Old Clocks and Mafchcs and Ihciv Makers. It has a dead-beat escapement and a seconds compensated pendulum;indicates solar and mean time, has a seconds hand, strikes thehours and quarters, and has provision for repeating at pleasure theblows last sounded. The striking part is driven… … Fig. 541 month and year correctly for a period of 10,000 years. AntideJanvier repaired the clock for the First Consul. As a curiosity in design, the timekeeper by Lepine, shown inFig. 530, is worthy of record. Hours and minutes are indicated ontwo bands rotating horizontally, and there is a long…

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