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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 46

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clock attributed to Lightfoot was erected at Wimborne Uti^^^ht Clucks. 31 in Dorsetshire. The dial as it at present appears is represented inIig. 22, and an examination will show many features in commonwith these two fourteenth-century clocks. Figs. 24, 25 and 26 represent De Vicks clock in front… … Fig. 23.—Dial of Wimborne Clock. cause the hand to revolve ; but the hand, instead of being fixed tothe axis of the barrel, had its motion communicated through awheel and pinion, so that the weight did not need to be woundup so frequently as would otherwise be the case. If the weightwere freely…

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