قراءة كتاب Time and Time-Tellers
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TIME AND TIME-TELLERS.
TIME AND TIME-TELLERS.
BY
JAMES W. BENSON.
LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 1875.
JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| TIME AND TIME-TELLERS | 1 |
| MODERN WATCHES: THEIR VARIETIES AND MODES OF MANUFACTURE. | 72 |
| KEYLESS WATCHES. | 101 |
| HOUSE CLOCKS. | 104 |
| TURRET CLOCKS. | 127 |
| THE GREAT CLOCKS OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. | 174 |
INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | ||
| 1 | FRONTISPIECE | |
| 2 | VIGNETTE | |
| 3 | THE POCKET RING DIAL | 14 |
| 4 | SILVER POCKET DIAL AND COMPASS | 16 |
| 5 | THE CLEPSYDRA OR WATER CLOCK | 19 |
| 6 | THE BOOK-SHAPED WATCH | 35 |
| 7 | ANCIENT TABLE WATCH | 36 |
| 8 | ANCIENT WATCH WITH DIAL | 39 |
| 9 | OLD ENGLISH ROUND WATCH | 40 |
| 10 | OLD OVAL WATCH | 41 |
| 11 | ANCIENT ROUND ORNAMENTAL WATCH | 42 |
| 12 | OLD ENGLISH CALENDAR WATCH | 43 |
| 13 | MARY QUEEN O' SCOTS WATCH (DEATH'S HEAD) | 44 |
| 14 | ANCIENT WATCH CASE (SCRIPTURAL DESIGN) | 45 |
| 15 | DITTO TABLE WATCH (DITTO) | 46 |
| 16 | GRETTON'S WATCH | 48 |
| 17 | ANCIENT BOX WATCH | 49 |
| 18 | OLIVER CROMWELL'S WATCH | 50 |
| 19 | EARLY ORNAMENTAL ROUND WATCH CASE | 51 |
| 20 | JOHN MILTON'S WATCH | 52 |
| 21 | SMALL EARLY WATCH | 54 |
| 22 | ANCIENT WATCH WITH PENDULUM |