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 470
Fig. 589.—Dolphin fret. hangs the cord from which the dri\ing weight depends. The dateof its production would be, I should think, about 1720. Mr. W. T.Harkness has one by Payne, Hadleigh, of the same period, thehood of which is mahogany. The Pro<^icssioii of EiiglisJi Domestic Clocks. 455 An… … Fig. 590.—Fret of J. Michell, Chardstock. of interest as an early application of a pendulum longer than thecase. Through the hole in the bottom of the bracket the pendulum iV^V
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