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 72
ich was divided into sixty to represent the minutes, and withdistinct marks for the quarter hours. From a description of thiscurious clock published in 1677, are taken the following engravings,which show how the hand dilated and contracted as it travelledaround the dial in order that one tip might… … Fig. 39.—Lyons clock. inner socket-like ends of a and h pass over the extremities of thefixed central portion. 58 Old Clocks and Watclies and tlieir Maker: Fig. 41 is a view of the central part with the ornamental coveringremoved. Fixed to the centre part is a cannon pinion driven by a…
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