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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 527

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Fig. 680.—John Crampern, Newark, about 1775. Eccentric subject for engraving in centre space. 509 510 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers London men. The naked boys were followed by various combinationsof a rococo character, such as Fig. 671. One of the best and mostpopular of the designs used… … Fig. 681.—Joseph Wliiianison, about 1715. Month clock; square of dial,12 in. Inscription, HorcB indicantur apparentes involutis csquationibus.Calendar in the arch. time were sadly degenerate in form and execution, being merely a massof unmeaning curves reproduced in rough castings, not touched…

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