Eight-day pendulum table clock, 1947-1949

Made:: 1947-1949 in Bath

Eight-day pendulum table clock with star-wheel magnetic

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Eight-day pendulum table clock with star-wheel magnetic escapement, in perspex case, 1947-1949

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1949-114/4

Materials:: magnet: metal alloy including cobalt steel and escape wheel: mu-metal

type:: pendulum clock and magnetic star-wheel escapement

credit:: Horstmann Clifford Magnetics Ltd.

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Eight-day pendulum table clock, 1947-1949

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