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 32
g of whatappears to be a similar instrument in theSchloss collection. On a stand of pewteris a glass reservoir, fastened with longitudinalshps of pewter, on one of which are castthe hour numerals from III at the top downwards to XII andtlien from I to VIII, thus covering the period of darkness… … ,FiG. 15.—Lamp Timekeeper. 16 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers occasionally in German and Dutch outlying country dwelling still aconiparatively recent date. Sand Glasses.—These, consisting of two glass bulbs joined byan intervening neck, measure a prearranged period by the falling offine…
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