Panels, lacquered, imported from the East, 109
Marquetry, their use in clock-case, 97
"Parliament" clocks, so-called, 124
Pendulum, the--
Advent of, 50
Early studies relating to, 154
First introduction of, 33
Introduced into England by Fromanteel, 37
Length of, determined by longitude, 179
Types of--
the anchor, 59;
the "royal" or long, 33;
the short, its position at front of dial, 33
Pepys' _Diary_ quoted (1667), 161
Personal clock, the, 34
Personality in clockmaking, 38
Pinchbeck, Christopher, 37
Period of watches, 290
Pitt, his tax on clocks (1797), 124
Pope, _Essay on Criticism_ quoted, 31
Porcelain, true, its introduction into Europe, 109
Poy, Godfrey, clock by (1745), 192
Pre-pendulum clocks, 33
Provincial clocks and makers, 211
Makers, some great, 211
Quare, name falsely put on Dutch clocks, 36
Queen Mary, her influence in rebuilding Hampton Court, 98
Ramsay, David, 255;
watch signed by, 257
_Réfugié, le style_, its introduction into England, 90
Regulator clock, the, 148
Repairs, ignorant restoration to be avoided, 42
Riesener, the marquetry of, 111
Rimbault, Stephen, 37
Noteworthy for musical clocks, 142, 147
Roentgen, David, the marquetry of, 111
Science, the dawn of, 35
Scott, Sir Walter, _Fortunes of Nigel_ quoted, 255
Scottish clocks, 255
Character of, 266
Makers, eighteenth century, list of, 261, 262
Second, the, the second division of the hour, 30
Hand, the, 30
Seventeenth century, dawn of science in the, 35
Types of lantern clock, 53
Watches, 286, 287
Shagreen cases to watches, 290
Shakespeare, _As you like it_ quoted, 162
_King John_ quoted, 32
Sheraton style in clock-cases, 147
Spandrel ornament on clock-dial--
Artistic difficulty of, 166
Cherub head style, 166, 169
Cupids and crown style, 170
Spanish proverb quoted, 185
Specialization of clockmaking, 37
Spring, the, its early use as a motive power, 32
Staffordshire earthenware clock vase, 198
Stalker and Parker, treatise on "japanning" (1688), 122
Striking and alarum clocks, early, 32
Strowbridge (Dawlish), clock by, 204
Clock repaired by, 247
Stuart and Tudor ages compared, 35
Sundial, the, and its tradition, 162
Time, 29
Sussex, clockmakers of, 247
Clock (Ashburnham) illustrated, 243
Swiss watchmakers settled in Ireland (1784-90), 278
Table clocks, great variety of, 185
Time, apparent and mean, equation of, 29
and its measurement, 27
Babylonian method of reckoning, 28, 29, 30
Tokens, copper, of clockmakers illustrated, 218, 236
Tombstones, ornament on, indicative of contemporary styles, 157
Tomlinson, William, 37
Tompion, Thomas (1671-1713), 212, 236
Name of, falsely put on Dutch clocks, 36
Tudor and Stuart ages compared, 35
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