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 545
e watch,Mr. Burrell said, was originally hung in gymbals in a wooden box. In the collection of the Clockmakers Company at the Guildhallis an interesting watch by John Leroux, of Charing Cross, who wasadmitted an honorary freeman of the company in 1781. This watch,by the hall mark in the case, was… … Fig. 700.—Virgule escapement. Mccha)nsni of Clocks and Watches. 531 Peter Litherland in 1791 patented the rack lever escapement, inwhich the lever terminates in a segmental rack which gears with apinion on the balance axis. Although this was an undetachedescapement, and therefore wanting in the…
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