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... moulding . BELL TOP Presenting a profile similar to the section of a bell . BLIND - FRET A decorative carved effect ... mouldings . BOLT AND SHUTTER A form of maintaining power . The shutters obscure the winding squares and when moved ...
... moulding . BELL TOP Presenting a profile similar to the section of a bell . BLIND - FRET A decorative carved effect ... mouldings . BOLT AND SHUTTER A form of maintaining power . The shutters obscure the winding squares and when moved ...
Page 168
... moulding . CERTOSINA A type of PARQUETRY employing small pieces of inlay to give a geometrical design . CHAPTER RING The hour circle on the dial . CHASING Similar to REPOUSSE work but hammering is from the front instead of the back ...
... moulding . CERTOSINA A type of PARQUETRY employing small pieces of inlay to give a geometrical design . CHAPTER RING The hour circle on the dial . CHASING Similar to REPOUSSE work but hammering is from the front instead of the back ...
Page 172
... moulding . REEDING Small parallel rounded elements resem- bling reeds used on columns or as mouldings . REPOUSSÉ Ornamental metalwork hammered into relief from the reverse side . RESERVE Space on an engraved or matted surface left plain ...
... moulding . REEDING Small parallel rounded elements resem- bling reeds used on columns or as mouldings . REPOUSSÉ Ornamental metalwork hammered into relief from the reverse side . RESERVE Space on an engraved or matted surface left plain ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
The Installation and Care of Your Clock | 29 |
GLOSSARY OF CLOCKCASE TERMS | 167 |
Copyright | |
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anchor escapement aperture Art Gallery back plate bell Blued steel BRACKET CLOCK brass BRITISH HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE British Museum CARRIAGE CLOCK century chapter ring chiming chronometer CLOCK A clock Clockmakers Clocks and Watches crutch dead-beat escapement decorative dial door engraved escape wheel Figure fixed French clocks front fusee gathering pallet gear gilded glazed grasshopper escapement Height 1 ft High Street holes horological hour wheel House impulse lacquer LANTERN CLOCK lever escapement London EC1 long-case clock mahogany mainspring makers MARQUETRY mechanism mercury minute wheel Mon-Sat moon motion moulding mounted moved movement Museum and Art notch pallets pendulum pinion pivots polished precision clocks pulley quarter repair restorer Road rotates screw scrolling side silver skeleton clocks snail square striking clocks striking train suspension spring teeth Thomas Tompion TIMEPIECE Tompion tooth type of clock usually veneer verge escapement Vienna regulator weight weight-driven winding wood