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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 139

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al,the figures and mounts of silver. The figure on the cross is most 122 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers beautifully modelled. St. John, standing at the left of the cross,holds in his hands a chaHce, wliich he raises when the clock strikesthe hours. The ball surmounting the structure… … Fig. 121.—Diminutive Table Clock dating from about 1090. be estimated. The escapement is, of course, a verge. The clock goesthirty hours between windings, and strikes on a bell below the plinth.Portions of the movement can be seen through apertures in chasedmetal gratings fixed in the front and…

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