Questions and answers of and for the clockmaking profession / Joseph G. Baier, James L. Tigner, Marvin E. Whitney.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : American Watchmakers Institute Press, [1981]Copyright date: ©1981Edition: 1988, third printingDescription: vi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Clocks -- Some basic types. Atmos, Carriage, Cuckoo, 400 Day, Grand Sonnierie, Sun dial, Swing clocks, Music box -- The wood movement -- The pendulum -- Escapements -recoil, dead-beat, floating -- Trains -- general features, gearing -- Power sources -- Mainsprings -- Strike trains -- Repivoting, rebushing -- Lathe work, tools -- Disassembly, cleaning, lubrication -- Metals in clockmaking -- Theory, mathematics, electricity -- Striking mechanisms -- Definitions -- Basic repair reprints : part 1, General repairs -- part 2, Escapements -- part 3, Heat treating metals -- Useful tables -- Reference books.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS545.8 .Q47 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000047585

"Dedicated to the advancement of the Art and Science of Horology."

Includes bibliographical references (page 224).

Clocks -- Some basic types. Atmos, Carriage, Cuckoo, 400 Day, Grand Sonnierie, Sun dial, Swing clocks, Music box -- The wood movement -- The pendulum -- Escapements -recoil, dead-beat, floating -- Trains -- general features, gearing -- Power sources -- Mainsprings -- Strike trains -- Repivoting, rebushing -- Lathe work, tools -- Disassembly, cleaning, lubrication -- Metals in clockmaking -- Theory, mathematics, electricity -- Striking mechanisms -- Definitions -- Basic repair reprints : part 1, General repairs -- part 2, Escapements -- part 3, Heat treating metals -- Useful tables -- Reference books.

31560000047585 1005

Instructions and Reference for the professional clock repairer

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