Produced by Chris Curnow, Mark Young and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) TIME AND TIME-TELLERS. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [Illustration: Frontispiece] | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ TIME AND TIME-TELLERS. * * * * * BY JAMES W. BENSON. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [Illustration: Sundial] | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 1875. JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS. 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 55 23 ANCIENT BRASS WATCH WITH LID 56 24 IGNATIUS HUGGEFORD'S WATCH 59 MODERN WATCHES. 25 HORIZONTAL 74 26 SKELETON LEVER 74 27 FULL PLATE LEVER 75 28 THREE-QUARTER PLATE LEVER 75 29 THE CHRONOGRAPH 92