The science of clocks and watches, by A.L. Rawlings.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York ; Chicago : Pitman Pub. Corporation, [1944]Edition: [1st edition]Description: ix, 236 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229).
Time and its measurement -- Oscillatory motion -- The pendulum -- Dissipation of energy by a swinging pendulum -- Escapements and other impulse devices -- Electric pendulum clocks -- Escapement errors -- Balance-wheel clocks and watches -- Isochronism of balance-wheel movements -- The marine chronometer -- The four-hundred-day clock -- Great trains -- Weights, mainsprings and their accessories -- Friction and lubrication -- On the selection and management of a domestic clock -- On the selection of a good watch -- Synchronous electric-motor clocks and the quartz-crystal clock.
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With autograph of author, 1944 1st edition of the bible of horologic science
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