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 608
obert Wood, ofMoorfields. Theround knob on topof the case served toregulate the time byshortening orlengthening the effec-tive part of the pen-dulum. The clock byJohn Johnson, on abracket, as in Fig. 812,is from the Wether-field collection. Lancet. — The lancet case, inform the counterpartof a… … Fig. 8U.—Sheraton Style, about 1790- 592 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers date is a pretty little clock at Windsor Castle, which is shown inFig. 814. It is English, with Boulle work decoration, after the French style. Soon after its introduc-tion, the pendulum wasoccasionally placed outside…
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