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 92
her a weight clock of large size or a veryminute spring timepiece is meant. Derham, in all the editions ofhis book, speaks of timekeepers driven by weights as watches,reserving the word clock for parts connected with the striking. The action of the mainspring, which still retains its place as… … Fig. 74. 78 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. part of the arbor a, and its outer end attached to the inside of the rimof the barrel. The arbor passes through and fits easily a hole in thebottom of the barrel, and a hole in the barrel cover e. The spring iswound by turning the arbor, and then…
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