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 77
e circumference. The circle forming the centre is dividedinto sixty-six years, and moves one division forward on the 31st ofevery December. The inscriptions about the religious festivals, &c.,are in handwriting on parchment. The astrolabe is exceedingly 6o Old Clocks and Watches and their… … Fig. 45.—Venice Clock as now in which appear representations of the days of the week. For Sundaythe symbol is the Resurrection ; Monday, Death ; Tuesday andWednesday, Saints Stephen and John ; Thursday, the Sacrament ;Friday, the Passion ; Saturday, the Virgin. At midnight, the statue Weight Clocks…
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