Excerpt from Durer The clockmakers of Nuremberg were famous for their ingenious productions. Watches were invented here in the year 1500, and were long known as Nuremberg eggs. The modern composition of brass was formed by Erasmus Ebner; wire-drawing machinery also was a Nuremberg device; the air-gun was invented by Hobsinger 3 the clarionet, by Denner; and the church-organs made here were the best in Ger many. There were also many expert metal workers and braziers and fifty master-goldsmiths dwelt in the town, making elegant and highly artistic works, images, seals, and medals, which were famous throughout, Europe. The most ex quisite flowers and insects, and other delicate objects, were reproduced in filagree silver 3 and.vuremberg 's art! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.