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 98
ne shield is an eagle displayedand crowned, representing Poland ; the second contains a serpent Portable Timekeepers. 83 entwined and wavy pale crowned, a child issuant from its mouthand surmoimted by a ducal crown—this is typical of the house of\isconti ; the third shield bears the arms of… … Fig. 80. buttons on dogs. The verge pivots act on iron dovetails. Theregulator is a cross-bar balance of the kind used in De Vicks clock,except that instead of loose weights of iron there are leaden weightsscrewed one on each end of the cross-bar, and the adjustment ismade by screwing to or from…
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