At the top of the entry stairs stands a massive gilt astronomer's clock made by the great French horologer Detouche for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1855. From Wordnik.com. [The Journe Identity] Reference
Ramsay, daughter and heiress of David Ramsay, our horologer, and a cadet only thrice removed from the ancient house of Dalwolsey. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
The Doctor referred him to Mr. George Graham, the distinguished horologer, inventor of the dead-beat escapement and the mercurial pendulum. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Invention and Industry] Reference
A French horologer moved to Switzerland, carrying his trade with him, and as a result there soon grew up in Geneva a guild of workmen not to be outranked. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and the Clockmakers] Reference
David Ramsay, watchmaker and horologer to James I., was a real person, though the author has taken the liberty of pressing him into the service of fiction. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
It would appear, as indeed it might be argued from his mode of disposing of his goods, that the old horologer had omitted to make hay while the sun shone; for his son, in his dedication, has this exception to the paternal virtues, "It's true your carelessness in laying up while the sun shone for the tempests of. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
It would appear, as indeed it might be argued from his mode of disposing of his goods, that the old horologer had omitted to make hay while the sun shone; for his son, in his dedication, has this exception to the paternal virtues, “It’s true your carelessness in laying up while the sun shone for the tempests of a stormy day, hath given occasion to some inferior spirited people not to value you according to what you are by nature and in yourself, for such look not to a man longer than he is in prosperity, esteeming none but for their wealth, not wisdom, power, nor virtue.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
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