Author of the Watchmaker’s Lathe, Its Use and Abuse.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
AND DIAGRAMS
CHICAGO
Hazlitt & Walker, Publishers
1905
Copyrighted
1905
BY HAZLITT & WALKER.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER SKILL AMONG CLOCKMAKERS. | [ 3] |
| II. | THE NATURAL LAWS GOVERNING PENDULUMS. | [10] |
| III. | COMPENSATING PENDULUMS. | [23] |
| IV. | THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCURIAL PENDULUMS. | [53] |
| V. | REGULATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, CRUTCHES AND MINOR POINTS. | [79] |
| VI. | TORSION PENDULUMS FOR FOUR-HUNDRED DAY CLOCKS. | [91] |
| VII. | PECULIARITIES OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT— | |
| HOW TO READ DRAWINGS. | [98] | |
| VIII. | THE GRAHAM OR DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT. | [109] |
| IX. | LE PAUTE’S PIN WHEEL ESCAPEMENT. | [135] |
| X. | THE RECOIL OR ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT. | [141] |
| XI. | THE DENNISON OR GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT. | [150] |
| XII. | THE CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS. | [163] |
| XIII. | THE DETACHED LEVER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS. | [184] |
| XIV. | PLATES, PIVOTS AND TIME TRAINS. | [198] |
| XV. | SPRINGS, WEIGHTS AND POWER. | [264] |
| XVI. | MOTION WORK AND STRIKING TRAINS. | [293] |
| XVII. | CLEANING AND REPAIRING CUCKOO CLOCKS. | [319] |
| XVIII. | SNAIL STRIKING WORK, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN. | [330] |
| XIX. | THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE AND PERPETUAL CALENDARS. | [347] |
| XX. | HAMMERS, GONGS AND BELLS. | [367] |
| XXI. | ELECTRIC CLOCKS AND BATTERIES. | [376] |
| XXII. | THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF DIALS. | [426] |
| XXIII. | CLOCK CASING AND CASE REPAIRS. | [446] |
| XXIV. | SOME HINTS ON MAKING A REGULATOR. | [463] |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | [495] | |
| INDEX | [497] | |