e/Antoine Thiout

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has gloss	eng: Antoine Thiout the elder (Paris, 1692-1767) was a French clockmaker. He wrote Traité de l'horlogerie mechanique et pratique (Paris, 1741), a treatise f clockmaking which was widely read in his time. His plates describe clock mechanisms which were often used in 18th century watches: a verge escapement powered by a spring encased in a barrel, and a regulation based on a cone-shaped fusee.
lexicalization	eng: Antoine Thiout
instance of	c/Clockmakers

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