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Time telling through the ages (1919)

Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 174

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When Watches Were Jewels Watches of the Sixteenth Century, with but one hand, andpierced metal or rock crystal cases. In the collections of theMetropolitan Museum. oodi juodfi 91£Jjp2 IbvO baqfiriS iIoo3oodi-odji 8JHWhJ_ H^hW 8HH3TaW M3hW … The Worshipful Company and English Watchmaking take; it was in many ways quite different. Perhaps onemight call it a sort of a cross between a labor-union and amanufacturing trust. Within a certain district, all whowere occupied in a particular business were required tobelong to the guild;…

Time measurements · Clocks and watches

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