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 296
pring, NathanielBarrow is worthy of mention. Tompion was primarily aclockmaker ; in the records of the Clockmakers Company he is referred to as a great clockmaket when he was associated as a brother in 1671 ; and it is doubtful ifhe made watches in the early part of his career. I have never metwith… … Fig. 425.—One of Tompionsearlier Clocks. 28o Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers One of Tompions earlier clocks, which belonged to the late Mr.Norman Shaw, is shown in Fig. 425. It has a light pendulum 6 in. inlength fixed to the verge ; the escapement for the alarm is behind thegoing train,…
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