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 74
e was in Holland, where itwas in the possession of the king ; from Holland it was brought toLondon and exhibited about 1850. In the royal palace of Rosenborg, Copenhagen, is a similar clock byIsaac Habrecht, and at the Historical Museum, Dresden, is one, alsovery similar, which was made for the… … Fig. 41.—Lyons Clock. Lyons Clock.—The cathedral of Lyons contains a remarkablespecimen of complicated horological work, which is in the form of 58 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers a tower 40 ft. high. The original clock was constructed by amechanician named Nicholas Lippius, of Basle, who…
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