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 534
ers interested in the subject. Huygens, it is certain, studied the action of the pendulumbetween 1650 and 1655, and demonstrated the fact that the pathdescribed as the centre of oscillation should be a cycloid for vibra-tions of varying extent to be passed through in the same time. Dr. Hooke also… … Fig 686. 520 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. introducing the pendulum ; but indisputable proof of any onesclaim to originality in the matter there is none, and it is thereforeuseless to pursue this part of the subject further. Striking Work.—Recording the completion of each hour bystrokes…
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