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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 26

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lower, and signs of the zodiac were engraved on the rim as a guideto its position in different months of the year. Dials of this sortwere in general use during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.A small horizontal dial hke Fig. 4, but with a hinged style and acompass attached, formed a more… … Fig. 6.—Pocket Sun-dial. ..j^^^pami^r) |; fc - 1^ its 11*^ ;*C i-^^ :*g -Wf fc- ; 7*1 -3 i ^K ■; Fig. 7.—Portable Sun-dial and Compass. Clepsydrae, or Water Clocks.—These indicate intervals of time by thepassage of water, and may be divided into two classes : the ancientrecorders for hours of…

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