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Kings MS 277
- Record Id:
- 040-002017228
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x000301
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Kings MS 277
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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DESCRIPTIONS of three clocks in the Royal Palaces, viz.:-
1. 'A Description of a piece of Clockwork called by its Inventor and Maker a Chronological Automaton, or Self-moving Ephemeris, invented and made by Samuel Watson of Coventry, watchmaker.' The writer states that the clock was begun in 1683 by command of King Charles II, but not being completed till 1690 it was eventually purchased by Queen Mary II and placed in Kensington Palace, where it has been going nearly 70 years. The description which begins on f 4 is the inventor's. f 1.
2. 'A. Description of a very curious piece of Clockwork at present in the State Bedchamber in the Royal Palace at Kensington.' It was designed by Thomas Tompion [the elder?, d. 1713] and made for Prince George of Denmark by Messrs. Tompion and Banger, and finished in 1703. Thomas Tompion the younger, nephew of the inventor, appears to have been in partnership with Edward Banger, who married a niece of the elder Tompion, see Dict. Nat. Biogr. f. 20.
3. 'A Description of a very curious piece of Clockwork made by Mr. Cockey of Warminster, in Her Majesty's Drawing Room at St. James's.' The clock is said to have been presented to Queen Anne in 1705, f. 32. Engravings of the three dial-plates are added at the end.
Paper; ff. 41. Quarto. 101/2 in. x 8 3/4 in, Circ. A.D. 1760.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- King's Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016915
040-002017228 - Is part of:
- Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts
Kings MS 277 : DESCRIPTIONS of three clocks in the Royal Palaces, viz.:- 1. 'A Description of a piece of Clockwork called by its Inventor and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016915[0193]/040-002017228
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1755
- End Date:
- 1765
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)