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 244
onds handwas tested in 1760, and seconds hands were not usually applied towatches till after that date. Sun and Moon Indicators.—Two examples of a pecuHar methodof indicating the hour which obtained some popularity at the endof the seventeenth century are shown in Figs. 354 and 355. A semi-circular… … Fig. 354. Fig. 355. Two examples of a peculiar method of indicating the hour. to the hour from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on the other the moon, wliichperforms the same office from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The minutes are indi-cated in the usual way by a hand travehing round the dial in an hour. Fig. 354 is an…
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