 | John Brady - 1815 - 428 pages
...of Persia, about the year 807 : " A horologe ».i brass, wonderfully constructed for the course ut the twelve hours, answered to the hour-glass, with as many little brazen balls which dropt down on a sort of bells underneath and sounded each hour ; and there were also twelve figures... | |
 | John Brady - Calendar - 1815 - 426 pages
...of Persia, about the year 807 : " A horologe «. t brass, wonderfully constructed for the course ut the twelve hours, answered to the hour-glass, with as many little brazen balls which dropt down on a sort of bells underneath and sounded each hour ; and there were also twelve figures... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - Great Britain - 1825 - 430 pages
...(the secretary of Charlemagne,) describes as sent to his Royal master, by Abdalla, King of Persia. " A horologe of brass, wonderfully constructed, for the course of the twelve hours, answered to the hour glass, with as many little brazen balls, which drop down on a * The application of bells, as well... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1859 - 360 pages
...(the secretary of Charlemagne), describes as sent to his royal master by Abdalla, King of Persia. " A horologe of brass, wonderfully constructed, for the course of the twelve hours, answered to the hourirlass, with as many little brazen balls, which drop down on a sort of tails underneath, and sounded... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - Curiosities and wonders - 1894 - 712 pages
...(the secretary of Charlemagne), describes as sent to his royal master by Abdalla, King of Persia. " A horologe of brass, wonderfully constructed, for...hourglass, with as many little brazen balls, which drop down on a sort of bells underneath, and sounded each other." — The Venetians had clocks in 872,... | |
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Eginhard (the secretary of Charlemagne), describes as sent to his royal master by Abdalla, King of Persia. " A horologe of brass, wonderfully constructed, for the course of the twelve hours, answered to the hourglass, with as many little brazen balls,... 