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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 nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)

Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913, Britten, Annie · London : E. & F. N. Spon · leaf 100

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ed by a Portable Timekeepers 83 ducal crown—the coat of the house of Visconti ; the third shield bearsthe arms of Lithuania, a knight armed cap-d-pie, and mounted on ahorse proper, holding in his dexter hand a drawn sword, and havingpendent from his neck a shield charged with the Hungarian… … Fig. 82.—Primitive Table Timepiece. are leaden weights screwed one on each end of the cross-bar, and theadjustment is made by screwing to or from the centre of motion.Originally these were doubtless fixed weights riveted on and withoutany provision for adjustment. There are two yielding brass arms…

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