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 484
tyle 467 on the dial, which of course covers the mechanism. The length of theplane had better be more than twice the circumference of the clockcase c. Its inclination may be regulated by the screw g. The handmay be in the form of a figure of Time, as in Fig. 617, a serpentshead, or other grotesque… … Fig. 617.—Rolling Clock. In the Upper View the Dial is removed to exhibit the Actuating Mechanismdescribed on page 460. It was patented in 1808 (No. 3,185) by John Schmidt, a watchmaker,hving in St. Mary Axe. He called it The Mysterious Circulator, orChronological Equilibrium. The ring is divided…
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