CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. | |
|---|---|
| The Detached Lever Escapement | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Cylinder Escapement | [111] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Chronometer Escapement | [131] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| History of Escapements | [153] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Putting in a New Cylinder | [169] |
| INDEX | [177] |
CHAPTER I.
THE DETACHED LEVER ESCAPEMENT.
In this treatise we do not propose to go into the history of this escapement and give a long dissertation on its origin and evolution, but shall confine ourselves strictly to the designing and construction as employed in our best watches. By designing, we mean giving full instructions for drawing an escapement of this kind to the best proportions. The workman will need but few drawing instruments, and a drawing-board about 15" by 18" will be quite large enough. The necessary drawing-instruments are a T-square with 15" blade; a scale of inches divided into decimal parts; two pairs dividers with pen and pencil points—one pair of these dividers to be 5" and the other 6"; one ruling pen. Other instruments can be added as the workman finds he needs them. Those enumerated above, however, will be all that are absolutely necessary.
