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 52
d ; at thesucceeding hour the space permits of three blows, and so on, till attwelve oclock the plate has made a complete rotation, and the actionof the preceding twelve hours recurs. The striking train would rundown with increasing velocity but for the fan l, which keeps theperiods between the… … Fig. 29.—Clock of the Palais de Justice, Paris. objection to it is that the hours are struck in regular progression with-out reference to the position of the hands ; so that if the striking parthappens to run dowTi before the going part, the striking will be all 36 Old Clocks and Watches and their…
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