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 632
he cock d, and has two grooves, into oneof which the spring / presses, according to the position of the rod.One of these grooves is seen at c, the other is hidden, owing tothe position in which the parts are shown. When out of use thedisc a forms part of the ball of the pendant. In order to… … cLJ Fig. 838. w. Ji.-- 6i6 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers plished by turning the ball at a. There was no provision for settinghands. Thomas Prest, foreman to J. R.. Arnold, at his Chigwell chrono-meter factory, patented in 1820 (No. 4,501) a very similar arrangementto the foregoing as far…
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