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 524
Fig. 672.—Musical clock by Wm. Webster. TJic Pro<^icssioii of Eiif^^lisJi Domestic Clocks 509 given in Fig. 678, for which I am indebted to Mr. Webster. Theywere generally plain in outline, and inlaid after the Sheraton style,but their beauty really lay in the graceful harmony of the… … Fig. 673.—Back of musical clock by Wm. Webster. the case served to regulate the time by shortening or lengthening theeffective part of the pendulum. In Fig. 679 is a later and more ornate form of balloon clockat Windsor Castle. Its appearance is somewhat disappointing,for without a bracket this…
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