  CHAPTER I. THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER SKILL AMONG CLOCKMAKERS. CHAPTER II. THE NATURAL LAWS GOVERNING PENDULUMS. CHAPTER III. COMPENSATING PENDULUMS. CHAPTER IV. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCURIAL PENDULUMS. CHAPTER V. REGULATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, CRUTCHES AND MINOR POINTS. CHAPTER VI. TORSION PENDULUMS FOR FOUR-HUNDRED DAY CLOCKS. CHAPTER VII. PECULIARITIES OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT HOW TO READ DRAWINGS. CHAPTER VIII. THE GRAHAM OR DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT. CHAPTER IX. LE PAUTE'S PIN WHEEL ESCAPEMENT. CHAPTER X. THE RECOIL OR ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT. CHAPTER XI. THE DENNISON OR GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT. CHAPTER XII. THE CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS. CHAPTER XIII. THE DETACHED LEVER ESCAPEMENT AS APPLIED TO CLOCKS. CHAPTER XIV. PLATES, PIVOTS AND TIME TRAINS. CHAPTER XV. SPRINGS, WEIGHTS AND POWER. CHAPTER XVI. MOTION WORK AND STRIKING TRAINS. CHAPTER XVII. CLEANING AND REPAIRING CUCKOO CLOCKS. CHAPTER XVIII. SNAIL STRIKING WORK, ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN. CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE AND PERPETUAL CALENDARS. CHAPTER XX. HAMMERS, GONGS AND BELLS. CHAPTER XXI. ELECTRIC CLOCKS AND BATTERIES. CHAPTER XXII. THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF DIALS. CHAPTER XXIII. CLOCK CASING AND CASE REPAIRS. CHAPTER XXIV. SOME HINTS ON MAKING A REGULATOR. Title: The Modern Clock A Study of Time Keeping Mechanism; Its Construction, Regulation and Repair Author: Ward L. Goodrich Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by deaurider, Paul Marshall, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Modern Clock
A Study of Time Keeping Mechanism;
Its Construction, Regulation
and Repair.
BY WARD L. GOODRICH
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 | |