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 75
rkablespecimen 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 completed it in1598. Guillaume Nourisson in 1660 repaired the structure,… … Fig. 42. distinct marks for the quarter-hours. From a description of thiscurious clock published in 1677 are taken the accompanying engrav-ings, which show how the hand dilated and contracted as it travelledaround the dial in order that one tip might always indicate theminute and the other the…
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