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 471
he later con-struction, the two trains beingplaced side by side to allow ofwinding with a key from the front,but witli six pillars instead of themore simple and convenient backand front plates. Then, in the old four-post Dutchmovements, made at the beginningof the last century, a long whileafter… … The Progression of Eiu^lish Domestic Clocks. 457 witli the escapement only by means of a light wire crutch, workinghorizontally over the frame. Owing to this peculiarity, clocks of such aconstruction are often supposed to be much older than they really are,especially if, as occasionally happens,…
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