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 617
e action of thependulum between 1650and 1655, and demonstrated the fact that the path describedas the centre of oscillation should be a cycloid for vibrations ofvarying extent to be passed through in the same time. Dr. Hooke also saw the advantage of the pendulum about thesame time, and proceeded… … Fig. 822.—Galileos method of using apendulum as a timekeeper. Mechanism of Clocks and Watches 601 to originality in the matter there is none, and it is therefore uselessto pursue this part of the subject further. Striking Work.—Recording the completion of each hour bystrokes on a bell has always…
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