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 458
easing effect. These two clocks are from the Schloss collection. French Clocks and Cases in the French Style 441 Fig. 572 shows a celebrated clock invented by Passement andconstructed under his direction by Dauthiau, clockmaker to Louis XV.Passement is said to have been engaged for twenty years in… … Fig. 584.—Clock, by La Crcix, Paris. his own choice. This was made by Messrs. Cafheri (father and son),and when fmished in 1753, the clock was deposited at \ersailles.It has a dead-beat escapement and a seconds compensation pendulum ;indicates solar and mean time, has a seconds hand, strikes the…
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