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Double Boiler Steam Engine Automaton Clock
Unknown
France, circa 1890
Desription
The central cylinder with thermometer behind and flanked by two furnaces surmounted by boilers is fitted with an aneroid barometer and an eight-day bell striking clock with cylinder escapement with silvered dial, the whole surmounted by a large fly wheel and governor driven by a separate key-wound mechanism concealed in the right hand furnace.
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