The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . Fig. 215. Fig. 216. MOVEMENT REST. A wooden, bone or rubber shell, Fig. 216,similar to eye-glass frames, for holding movements while undergoingrepairs, oiling, etc. MUDGE THOMAS. The inventor of the lever escapement and amaker of marine chronometers. He was born at Exeter, England, in1715. He was apprenticed to the celebrated George Graham in 1750 to 1771 he was engaged in business in Fleetstreet, London. In 1765 he invented the lever escape-ment. In 1771 he removed to Plymouth
The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . Fig. 215. Fig. 216. MOVEMENT REST. A wooden, bone or rubber shell, Fig. 216,similar to eye-glass frames, for holding movements while undergoingrepairs, oiling, etc. MUDGE THOMAS. The inventor of the lever escapement and amaker of marine chronometers. He was born at Exeter, England, in1715. He was apprenticed to the celebrated George Graham in 1750 to 1771 he was engaged in business in Fleetstreet, London. In 1765 he invented the lever escape-ment. In 1771 he removed to Plymouth. In 1777 hewas made clockmaker to the king. In 1793 Parliamentvoted him the sum of £2,500, he having previouslyreceived £500, as a reward for his marine time devoted the greater part of his life to the improve-Thomas Mudge. ^^^^ ^^ the marine chronometer, and his work in thisline was celebrated for finish and correct proportion of details. Hedied Nov. 24, 1794.
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