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 93
ock, in place of the cylinder or drumfrom which the weight was suspended, the spring in its effort tounwind turns the barrel, and with it the wheels composing the clocktrain. Of course some provision must be made to prevent the springfrom at once uncoiling when the arbor is released after winding,…
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