Clocks & Watches |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
World rights reserved by Western Publishing 7 The Portable Sundial | 11 |
Created and designed by Trewin Copplestone IS The Lantern Clock | 18 |
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Common terms and phrases
19th century accurate timekeeping adjusted alarm American factories anchor escapement Ansonia arbors balance spring Banjo Clock barrel began bezel Black Forest Black Forest clock Breguet carriage clock centre Chamber clock chiming clock circular clock movement collectors Company decorated developed drop dial earlier clocks earliest English dial English watch extra wheel fashion fitted foliot France French fullplate lever fusee glass gnomon Gothic wall clocks hour hand inches Ingersoll iron known lantern clock late 18th century later lever escapement lever watch long case clock mainspring mechanism ment metal models oval watch painted patent pinion plates pocket chronometer popular produced railroad watches railway rectangular repeating watch Roskopf scapewheel shape skeleton clock smaller sold Souscription spring driven striking clock style teeth thirty hour timepiece trunk turret clock type of clock typical usually verge escapement Vienna regulator Waltham watchmaker Waterbury Clock Waterbury Clock Company Waterbury Watch weight winding holes wood wooden