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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 459

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and their Makers in six weeks. Within a glass sphere over the clock are marked theage and phases of the moon, days of the week, month, and yearcorrectly for a period of 10,000 years. Antide Janvier repaired theclock for the First Consul. As a curiosity in design, the timekeeper by Lepine, shown… … Front and back views of a most effective mantel clock by FerdinandBerthoud are given in Figs. 574 and 575. The design as a whole is.excellent ; the primary object of a clock is to indicate the time, andthis point, which seems to have been too often ignored, has here beenproperly kept in view, and…

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