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 529
wo of the earliest. The titles of these are suggestiveof their use. The strike-silent meclianism for stopping the striking ofthe clock at pleasure is older than the arch, and is to be seen on clockshaving square dials. A particular form of strike-silent mechanism 512 Old Clocks and Watches and… … Fig. 683.—Jacob Lovelace, Exeter, about 1735. Day of the month throughhole in dial. Figures in the arch show age of the moon and time of liighwater in hours and minutes. Subsidiary pointers in the upper cornersare for respectively strike-silent and pendulum regulation. engraved as a guide to the…
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