[PIECE 17.] An instrument for measuring and registering the passage of time; in a general sense, any kind of chronometer, including clocks and watches; spec.: see quot. 1884.

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1765.  (title) Minutes of the Proceedings of the Commissioners, concerning Mr. Harrison’s Time Pieces.

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1784.  Cowper, Task, II. (title), The Time-piece.

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1823.  Mechanic’s Mag., No. 17. 269. What kind of time piece is best adapted for the pocket.

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1876.  G. Chambers, Astron., 733. An ordinary good parlour time piece … will meet all the requirements of the amateur.

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1884.  F. J. Britten, Watch & Clockm., 264. Any timekeeper above the size of a watch which does not strike at the hours is called a timepiece.

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