Clocks and clock repairing / by Eric Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Practical handbook seriesPublisher: Guildford [England] : Lutterworth Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©1988Edition: Revised and enlarged editionDescription: 197 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0718891678
  • 9780718891671
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Tools and materials -- How clocks work -- Pendulums, balance wheels and escapements -- Striking, chiming and alarm systems -- Electric clocks -- Cases, dials and hands -- Dismantling and cleaning -- Repairs and adjustments -- Assembly -- Branching out -- Glossary of terms -- List of suppliers -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book is a guide to mechanisms, fault diagnosis and repair of clocks. It covers pendulum clocks, 30-hour, 8-day, and 400-hour clocks, chiming, striking, quartz, electric and alarm clocks. It also includes a chapter on working with advanced tool, such as lathes.
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS547 .S65 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000030409

2005 reprint of the 1988 edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Tools and materials -- How clocks work -- Pendulums, balance wheels and escapements -- Striking, chiming and alarm systems -- Electric clocks -- Cases, dials and hands -- Dismantling and cleaning -- Repairs and adjustments -- Assembly -- Branching out -- Glossary of terms -- List of suppliers -- Bibliography -- Index.

Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book is a guide to mechanisms, fault diagnosis and repair of clocks. It covers pendulum clocks, 30-hour, 8-day, and 400-hour clocks, chiming, striking, quartz, electric and alarm clocks. It also includes a chapter on working with advanced tool, such as lathes.

31560000030409 9633

Photomechanical reprint 2005 of the 1988 revised edition of the classic British text on clock repairing. 48 figures, 24 black and white plates, index

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