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 54
semblance to the one of Lightfoots at Glastonbury, from which it was possibly copied,though Mr. J. J. Hall suggests that it formed part of the clock men-tioned as existing in 1317. It shows the hour of the day, and the ageof the moon ; upon the face or dial, which is about 7 ft. in diameter,are two… … Fig. 30.—Exeter Cathedral Clock 38 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers the moon, painted half white and half black, revolves every month,and in turning upon its axis shows the varying phases of the luminarywhich it represents ; between the two circles is a third ball, represent-ing the sun,…
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