Chats on Old Clocks
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Chats on Old Clocks has a contents list that names, among others, chapters on The Bracket Clock, Provincial Clocks, and A Few Notes on Watches. The contents entry for the bracket clock chapter lists items such as The term bracket clock a misnomer and The great series of English table or mantel clocks. The contents entry for the chapter on Scottish and Irish clocks lists, among others, David Ramsay, Clockmaker Extraordinary to James I.
A description of a clock says its case was designed by Robert Adam and is in date about 1775. A further example, a clock by James Hatton, London (about 1810), is said to exhibit several new features. The index has entries such as Cabrier, name falsely put on Dutch clocks, and Catherine of Braganza, dowry of.
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- Arthur Hayden
- Pages
- 115
- Language
- English
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