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細節
A William IV mahogany, part-ebonised and brass-mounted striking longcase regulator, circa 1835
The hood with stepped and chamfered top and ripple cornice mouldings, brass fishscale sound frets to the sides, with fielded brass-lined panels to the front and canted angles, the glazed and brass-lined trunk door also flanked by canted angles, on double-stepped plinth with ebonised moulding, the 11in. diameter silvered dial (probably later) signed ARNOLD & DENT/STRAND, with subsidiary seconds ring below XII and strike/silent lever above, blued steel spade hands, the eight day movement with four ringed pillars, pinned to the front and riveted to the rear, the plates with canted upper corners, with Graham-type deadbeat escapement, maintaining power and strike on bell, the pendulum suspended from the back plate, with polished steel rod and cylindrical mercury bob, swinging against a beatscale positioned on the backboard; with two brass weights -- 76½in. (194cm.) high
The hood with stepped and chamfered top and ripple cornice mouldings, brass fishscale sound frets to the sides, with fielded brass-lined panels to the front and canted angles, the glazed and brass-lined trunk door also flanked by canted angles, on double-stepped plinth with ebonised moulding, the 11in. diameter silvered dial (probably later) signed ARNOLD & DENT/STRAND, with subsidiary seconds ring below XII and strike/silent lever above, blued steel spade hands, the eight day movement with four ringed pillars, pinned to the front and riveted to the rear, the plates with canted upper corners, with Graham-type deadbeat escapement, maintaining power and strike on bell, the pendulum suspended from the back plate, with polished steel rod and cylindrical mercury bob, swinging against a beatscale positioned on the backboard; with two brass weights -- 76½in. (194cm.) high
出版
Hans Staeger, 100 Years of Precision Timekeepers from John Arnold to Arnold & Frodsham 1763-1862, Stuttgart, 1997, pp.709-801.
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