Clock and Watch Work: From the Eighth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica |
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action adjusted angle Astronomer Royal astronomical clock Author axis balance barrel bell brass called cams cast-iron chronometers clock train clockmakers cloth common consequently cylinder dead escapement dead faces Denison Dent's described dial Dipleidoscope drive dulum Edinburgh Edition ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA Engravings on Steel fixed force frame friction gilt edges going gravity escapement hammer hand hole hour hour-wheel Illustrated inches increase invention isochronous large clock late Mr Dent length less lever escapement lifting piece line of centres Maps ment minute moment of inertia motion nearly notch pallet pinion pitch circle pivots plate Post 8vo Professor quarter ratchet recoil escapement remontoire round scape-wheel Scotland screw snail spring stop teeth temperature thick tion tooth train remontoire Treatise turn turret clocks University of Edinburgh variation vibration vols watch weight Westminster clock winding wheel