Watchmakers' & clockmakers' encyclopædic dictionary / Illus. by E.A. Ayres.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London : N.A.G. Press, 1950Edition: [1st edition.]Description: xxxii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • Watchmakers' and clockmakers' encyclopaedic dictionary
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Glossary of general terms -- Table of altitude -- Balance springs for bi-metallic cut balances -- Balance springs for mono-metallic balances -- Stop watches, chronographs, and timers -- Antique clock and clock case terms -- Dates of English period styles -- Metals used in horology -- Marbles and ornamental stones -- Clock case woods -- Mouldings -- Standardisation of supplies of watch material -- Watch parts in six languages and official spare parts numbers -- Chronograph parts in two languages and official spare parts numbers -- Watch hand styles -- Watch glass styles -- Winding button styles -- Winding buttons for chronograph and hunter or half-hunter cases -- Pocket watch case parts -- Watch case styles -- Martin mainspring gauge heights and metric equivalents - Martin mainspring gauge forces and metric equivalents -- Days of the year in fifteen languages -- Standard time zones -- Standard zone times -- Temperature conversion table -- Chimes, Arrangements of -- Gemstone cutting styles -- Workshop hints and helps.
Holdings
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS540.7 .D43 1950 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000058913

"Chimes": pages 239-243.

Glossary of general terms -- Table of altitude -- Balance springs for bi-metallic cut balances -- Balance springs for mono-metallic balances -- Stop watches, chronographs, and timers -- Antique clock and clock case terms -- Dates of English period styles -- Metals used in horology -- Marbles and ornamental stones -- Clock case woods -- Mouldings -- Standardisation of supplies of watch material -- Watch parts in six languages and official spare parts numbers -- Chronograph parts in two languages and official spare parts numbers -- Watch hand styles -- Watch glass styles -- Winding button styles -- Winding buttons for chronograph and hunter or half-hunter cases -- Pocket watch case parts -- Watch case styles -- Martin mainspring gauge heights and metric equivalents - Martin mainspring gauge forces and metric equivalents -- Days of the year in fifteen languages -- Standard time zones -- Standard zone times -- Temperature conversion table -- Chimes, Arrangements of -- Gemstone cutting styles -- Workshop hints and helps.

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1950 NAG ist edition of major illustrated reference work

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