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 101
en made 84 Old Qocks and Watches and their Makers me Jacob Zech (or rather Jacob the Bohemian) at Prague ; it istrue. There was originally some additional wheelwork to show themotion of the sun and moon on an engraved ecliptic, and also acontrivance to strike one at every hour. The wheels are of… … Fig. 83.—Square Table Clock. destroyed several of the threads. Before this was done it went forforty-eight hours with one winding, and gave about 3,600 beats inthe hour. Fig. 82 shows a primitive table timepiece which formerly belongedto Baron Pichon and was after in the Schloss collection. The…
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