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 477
uarters are indi-cated by a pointer fixed to a plateof the form shown, and whichrevolves once in twelve hours.The revolving plate includes anouter ring connected with thecentre by three arms, and pro-jecting from the outer edge ofthis ring are twelve pointersplaced equidistantly around… … Fig. 598. the beginning of an hour one of the pointers is just entering this arc,it is obvious it will in its course indicate the minutes which have elapsedsince thecompletion of the pre\ioushour. At the bottom of the dial isinscribed, William Clay, Kings Street, Westminster, and thisWilliam Clay…
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