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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 613

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s nearly toruin manufacturers. Thedemand for clocks andwatches decreased to suchan extent that in less thana year the general manu-facture of these articles inthe kingdom, and the various branches of trade connected therewithhad diminished by one-half, and thousands of persons were deprivedof… … Fig. 819. -Mural Timepiece, IndiaOffice. The Progression of English Domestic Clocks 597 farmer in Essex, in which occurred the item, for clocks andwatches, 5 , 7J. The receipt was dated 10th April 1798, themonth in which the Act was repealed. Although the imposition of this obnoxious tax paralysed…

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