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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 609

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ounted on a velvetblock. The pendulum reachesfrom the top to the bottomof the case, and swings in thefront on the outside of thedial. This also would pro-bably be a very early-eighteenth - century produc-tion. A curious little timepiece, supported by a winged Mercury, shown in Fig. 815, is fitted… … Fig. 812.—John Johnson, Ebony Brass-mounted Eight-day Balloon Clock, PinWheel Escapement; height, includingbracket, 27 in. ; about 1800. The Progression of English Domestic Clocks 593 dial are two labels bearing the words Chasseur, London. Thedate of its production is uncertain. On p. 595 are…

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