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Jonathan D. Betts
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Curator of Horology, Royal Observatory Greenwich, National Maritime Museum.

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Off-centre pillar-and-scroll wooden clock by Seth Thomas, c. 1818, under license from Eli Terry; in the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Connecticut.
Seth Thomas was an American clock manufacturer who was one of the pioneers in the mass production of clocks and the founder of one of the most important clock companies in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, Thomas worked building houses and…
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