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 491
rain, one was automatically switched out of connectionwith the train, and the other substituted. Each arm of the balanceshad notches throughout its length, and the weights were shiftedby hand at fortnightly periods, as in the more primitive time-keepers. Half-hours as well as hours were sounded,… … French Clocks and Cases in the French Style 475 this way, when the half-hour was struck the hearer knew to whichone of any two hours it referred. There is a cross-bar Japanese clock with dial at the Horo-logical Institute, and one withthe automatic alternating ar-rangement at the South Ken-sington…
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