Time & Timekeepers: Including the History, Construction, Care, and Accuracy of Clocks and Watches |
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Aaron Willard accuracy American anchor escapement arbor astronomical attached balance spring balance wheel banjo clocks bell Besançon brass century chapter chimes chronometer clepsydra clock-watch Clockmakers Clocks and Watches constructed daily rate dial diameter died domestic clocks early Eli Terry equation escape wheel famous Fast feet firm Geneva grandfather clocks hairspring hour illustrated in Fig inches indicating invented isochronism jewels l'Horlogerie lantern clock lever London longitude mainspring maker mean solar mechanism ment minute hand modern watch Museum Neuchâtel Observatory Old Clocks Pages pallet Paris Paul Ditisheim pendant pendulum pictured in Fig pinion pivot plate precision clocks Seth Thomas Clock shelf clock shown in Fig sidereal Simon Willard Slow sometimes Strasbourg striking striking clock sun-dial swing table clocks teeth temperature Terry Thomas Tompion timekeepers tion tooth tower clocks usually Waltham watch factory watch movement watchmaking weight winding wound