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Definition of Timepieces
1. timepiece [n] - See also: timepiece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timepieces
Literary usage of Timepieces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"Testing of timepieces The amount of routine testing performed by the Bureau has
been exceedingly large, since all of the timepieces purchased by the ..."
2. War Work of the Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1921 by United States Bureau of Standards (1921)
"timepieces Information and Specifications From the beginning of the war the Bureau
of Standards in its work on timepieces performed a valuable service which ..."
3. The Clock Jobber's Handybook: A Practical Manual on Cleaning, Repairing by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1889)
"FRENCH timepieces. | HE English market has been so flooded with French timepieces,
manufactured in every style of ornamentation, and sold at exceedingly low ..."
4. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1855)
"Charles took, moreover, great interest in the mechanism of timepieces. He had a
good number of clocks and watches ticking together in his apartments ; and a ..."
5. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"I am informed by a friend, engaged in pursuits collaterally connected with the
object of Mr. Harrison's studies, that his timepieces were carried to the ..."
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