The mechanics of mechanical watches and clocks / Ruxu Du, Longhan Xie.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 21.Publisher: Berlin : Springer, 2013Description: xi, 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783642293078
  • 3642293077
  • 3642293085
  • 9783642293085
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TS545 .D8 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000043808

Includes bibliographical references and index.

31560000043808 18366

A comprehensive textbook for general purpose mechanical engineers on the mechanics of mechanical clocks and watches.Discusses the details of gear train performance in highly technical and mathematical terms, especially the effects of malalignment of gears errors, and proposes a slight modification of tooth forms (from the theoretically perfect cycloidal tooth form, to inclrease error tolerance. Additional electronic content (animations of escapements) at http://extra.springer.com/

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