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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 33

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ken in thepreparation of the sand. According to a prescription in LeMenagier de Paris, pour faire sablon a mettre es orloges,ground black marble dust was to be boiled in wine, and, after beingthoroughly dried, to be ground again, the process to be repeatedabout nine times. To this day a sand glass… … Fig. i6.—Set of Sand Glasses. CHAPTER IIWEIGHT CLOCKS SO many vague and contradictory records exist as to the inven-tion of clocks composed of an assemblage of wheels actuatedby a weight, that any attempt to fix the exact date of theirintroduction would be mere guesswork. According to the…

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