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 321
locks and Watches and their Makers March 1687, and Barlows application for a patent refused. InQuares arrangement a single push on a pin projecting from the casenear the pendant sufficed to sound the hour and the quarters, whileBarlow s required a distinct action for each. The king, after a trialof… … Fig. 452.—Fine Bracket Clock by Daniel Quare,chiming quarters on six bells. from whose description of it in the Morning Chronicle the followingis taken : The outer case, of 22-carat gold, is embossed with thekings head in a medallion. The dial is of gold, with black Romannumerals for the hours and…
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