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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 396

An illustration from 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, leaf 396
itting friction-tight on the great wheelarbor ; the minute hand is attached to the centre wheel arbor, anda thin plate divided into 240 equal parts is fitted on the escape wheelarbor, and shows the seconds through a slit in the dial. The clockhas a seconds pendulum. The number of teeth in the… … Fig. 508.—Clock, with only three wheels and two pinions, byJames Ferguson. Ferguson also designed a curious and useful clock for showing thetime of high and low water, the state of the tides at any time of theday, and the phases of the moon. The outer circle of the dial in theleft-hand corner of…

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