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 512
allet seems to have come into use about 1700. Mr. D. A. F. Wetherfield has a month timepiece by WilliamClement, who is said to have been the first to apply the anchorescapement. It is in an oak veneered-walnut case, the case and dialbeing very similar to those of the Tompion clock shown in Fig.… … Fig. 656.—Side view of Time-piece Movement, byWilliamClement, about 1676. 496 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers hood is raised until engaged by a spring, which holds it in therequisite position to admit of access to the winding-hole. A sideview of the movement is given in Fig. 656. There are…
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