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 483
eyes of the negress, the minutes beingdenoted in the other eye in a similar way. By closing the eyelidsthe figures may be rendered invisible. Rolling Clock,—This ingenious device appears to have been 466 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers patented by that universal genius, the Marquess of… … Fig. 616.—Xegress-head Clock at Buckingham Palace. Transactions in 1684. Its construction will be understood from theuncovered view of the front, Fig. 617. There is a train of wheels andan escapement as in a watch. The great wheel a carries the hand andalso the weight h. The clock never requires…
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