An Analysis of the Lever Escapement

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#NAME? PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

The Draw.

The Lock.

The Run.

The Lift.

The Center Distance of Wheel and Pallets.

Equidistant vs. Circular.

The Fork and Roller Action.

The Safety Action.

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 AN ANALYSIS
OF THE
Lever Escapement


BY H. R. PLAYTNER.


A LECTURE DELIVERED BEFORE THE CANADIAN WATCHMAKERS’ AND RETAIL JEWELERS’ ASSOCIATION.


ILLUSTRATED.


CHICAGO:
Hazlitt & Walker, Publishers.
1910. 



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