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Horology

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  • Clocks: composite pendulum, side and front view with details. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Clocks: composite pendulum, side and front view with details. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Clocks: diagrams of water-clocks. Engraving, c. 1861.
  • Clocks: jigs for spring-coiling (top), and cog-placing (below). Engraving by Lachaussé after L.J. Goussier.
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost [after G. d'Heuland].
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    Civil engineering: diagrams for setting-out a sundial. Engraving by J. Pass, 1809.

    | Date: 1809 | Reference: 45215i
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    Clocks: a chronometer mechanism for striking the hours. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 40772i
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    Clocks: spring driven clock mechanism. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.

    | Reference: 40730i
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    Clocks: a device for balancing cogs. Engraving by Prevost after Bourgeois.

    Bourgeois. | Reference: 40868i
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    Clocks: diagrams for setting-out a sundial. Engraving by A. Bell.

    | Date: 1809 | Reference: 45209i
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