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 113
ler pinion, but on the side of the centre arbornearest to the centre of motion of the rack. There is on the plateof the movement, midway between its centre and its edge and drivenfrom the fusee, a wheel which turns once a year. This carries a crank,from which is a connecting rod catcliing hold of… … Fig. 93.— Ouaint Hexagonal Striking and Alarm Table Clock. there are four pins by which the position of the crank could bealtered, but, so far as one could see, there is no provision for automatic Portable Timekeepers 97 regulation, so that, if the reading of the scale is to be exact, the dialwould…
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