Rawlings, Arthur Lionel, <br/><br/>
The science of clocks and watches, 
by A.L. Rawlings. 
 - [1st  edition]. 
 - ix, 236 pages :  illustrations, diagrams ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>44006516  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Horology.<br/>Clocks and watches.<br/>Clocks and watches.<br/>Horology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Theory General Theoretical Timekeeper (general)