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 478
patent granted to JohnRowning, M.A., in 1732 (No. 535). The rise and fall hand wasconnected with the pendulum and served to regulate the time of itsvibration by altering its effective length. For many years, but especially during the latter part of theeighteenth century, there was a great taste for… … Fig. 599.—Simple calendar work. 464 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. Calendar circles in the arch of the dial were very popular. Thehands for these were generally worked as shown in Fig. 599. Gearingwith the hour wheel is a wheel having twice its number of teeth, andturning therefore once…
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