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 372
thoud, when he was inLondon in 1766, but hedid not think so favour-ably of it as Margetts,Emery, and otherEnglish horologists did.In 1765 he published Thoughts on the Means of ImprovingWatches, particularly those for Use at Sea. From this time hisattention was mainly directed to marine timekeepers,… … Fig. 491.—Thomas Mudge, 1715-1794. 356 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers sent to Greenwich Observatory in 1774, and afterwards to BaronZach (who was astronomer to the Duke of Gotha), and lastly toAdmiral Campbell, who took it a voyage to Newfomidland, whenits performance was pronounced to be…
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