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 50
s a longer spacebefore a notch is reached, and so two blows are struck before thetrain is again locked ; at the succeeding hour the space permits ofthree blows, and so on, till at twelve oclock the plate has made acomplete rotation, and the action of the preceding twelve hoursrecurs. The striking… … Fig. 2S.—Clock of the Palais de Justice, Paris. work still used in most turret clocks, and till recently in nearly allsmall clocks of French make. The chief objection to it is that thehours are struck in regular progression without reference to the D 2 36 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers.…
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