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 628
ars, except by a few of his watchmaking friends. GeorgeMargetts and Josiah Emery seem to have been impressed with it, andthe latter made for Count Bruhl a watch furnished with a leverescapement on Mudges plan, which performed so satisfactorily thatEmery was induced to continue its use. In 1793 he… … 6i2 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers By favour of Mr. George Burrell, I had the privilege a short timeago of inspecting a very fine watch which Emery made for the Dukeof Portland. It had a lever escapement with straight locking facesto the pallets, angled so as to be drawn into the wheel by…
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