The Modern Clock: A Study of Time Keeping Mechanism; Its Construction, Regulation and Repair

ix, 502 pp. A Study of Time Keeping Mechanism; Its Construction, Regulation and Repair. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgment; The Necessity for Better Skill Among Clockmakers; The Natural Laws Governing Pendulums; Compensating Pendulums; The Construction of Mercurial Pendulums; Regulations, Suspensions, Crutches and Minor Points; Torsion Pendulums for Four Hundred Day Clocks; Peculiarities of Angular Measurement--How to Read Drawings; The Graham or Dead Beat Escapement; Le Paute's Pin Wheel Escapement; The Recoil or Anchor Escapement; The Dennison or Gravity Escapement; The Cylinder Escapement as Applied to Clocks; Plates, Pivots, and Time Trains; Springs, Weights and Power; Motion Work and Striking Trains; Cleaning and Repairing Cuckoo Clocks; Snail Striking Work, English, French and American; The Construction of Simple and Perpetual Calendars; Hammers, Gongs and Bells; Electric Clocks and Batteries; The Construction and Repair of Dials; Clock Casing and Case Repairs; Some Hints on Making a Regulator.