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 449
their Makers. being denoted in the other eye in a similar way. By closing theeyelids the figures may be rendered invisible. Rolling Clock.—This ingenious device appears to have beenpatented by that universal genius the Marquess of Worcester, in1661 (No. 131)- It was also made by Grollier de… … Fig. 563. from the uncovered view of the front, Fig. 568. There is a train ofwheels and an escapement as in a watch. The great wheel a carriesthe hand and also the weight h. The clock never requires winding.It is every morning simply placed at the top of the inclined plane,down which it gradually…
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