Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology

by W. T. Lewis

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FRICTION, LUBRICATION
AND THE
LUBRICANTS IN HOROLOGY.

BY

W. T. LEWIS,

Prest. Philadelphia Horological Society.

ILLUSTRATED WITH HALF-TONES AND
DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR.
CHICAGO:
GEO. K. HAZLITT & CO.
1896.
Copyrighted 1896, by W. T. Lewis.
Copyrighted 1896, by Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co.

Page.
Introduction, [7]
CHAPTER I.
Lubricants in Horology—their Source and Methods of Refinement, [9]
CHAPTER II.
Elementary Physics Relating to Friction and Lubrication, [21]
CHAPTER III.
Friction—its Nature and Theory, [29]
CHAPTER IV.
Application of the Laws of Friction and Lubrication in
Horology, [43]
CHAPTER V.
The Properties and Relative Values of Lubricants in Horology, [61]

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