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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 525

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te 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 style of case is shorn of its beautifuloutline. The lancet case, in form the… … dating from about 1820, was made by George Orpwood. Ornamentalengraving on the back plate, which characterized all the best bracketclocks up to the end of the eighteenth century, is rarely seenon nineteenth century productions. With the engraved platedisappeared, of course, the glazed door at the…

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