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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 529

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ker or dealer was let off by paying a shillingduty. The produce was far from reaching the estimated yield, while theoperation of the tax was such as nearly to ruin manufacturers. The c.w. L L 514 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. demand for clocks and watches decreased to such an extent,… … Fig. 678. employment. It is not therefore surprising that the Act was repealedin April, 1798. A writer in Notes and Queries mentions that he met with a printedform of receipt for a half-years taxes, due from a small farmer inEssex, in which occurred the item, for clocks and watches, 5 , 7^^, The…

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