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 44
,and which correctly showed themotion of the celestial bodies. John Visconti, Archbishop of Milan, set up a clock at Genoa in 1353 ;in 1356 one was fixed at Bologna. Froissart has left a descriptive eulogium of a clock, written in 1370in the form of a fragmentary poem, entitled IHorloge… … Fig. 22.—Clock at Rouen.Dictionnaire de rAmeublement. 28 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers splendid clock, made by Jehan de Fealins, was erected at Rouen, whichwith some modern alterations to the movements is still a reliabletimekeeper, showing the hours and also the days of the week and…
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