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 324
g in a slit in a piece of brass at the top of the pendu-lum spring, raised or lowered the pendulum as required in order to show apparent time. As this claim appears to have remained un-challenged, it may be accepted. Doubtless the reputation of many manufacturers then, as in later j^ears, \^•as… … K Fig. 156.—Quares twelve-month Clock at HamptonCourt. Fig. 457.—Long-ca.se Clock, by Daniel Quare. 3o8 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers fir merit ; the world-wide reputation of Quare remains as evidence ofhis individuaht}. He is mentioned in a comedy by Carlo Goldoni asthe foremost of…
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