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 480
d the earth becomes a universal time-teller. AtNether Swell Manor is a somewhat similar structure standing on anornamental base and surmounted by a pair of love-birds. Mr. George H. Gabb owns a terrestial globe, dated 1620, constructedto serve as a timepiece ; supported by a gilt bronze figure of… … Fig. 612.—At Windsor Castle. two hemispheres of copper, on which is an engraved map of the worldon paper, arranged in gores. The engraving is doubtless by the handof Peter Kerius, perhaps the finest map engraver of the period.Inside the globe is a movement of the verge type, made by JohannTomas…
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