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The Modern Clock
A Study of Time Keeping Mechanism;
Its Construction, Regulation
and Repair.
BY WARD L. GOODRICH
Author of the Watchmaker’s Lathe, Its Use and Abuse.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
AND DIAGRAMS
CHICAGO
Hazlitt & Walker, Publishers
1905[Pg 2]
Copyrighted
1905
BY HAZLITT & WALKER.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | THE NECESSITY FOR BETTER SKILL AMONG CLOCKMAKERS. | 3 |
| II. | THE NATURAL LAWS GOVERNING PENDULUMS. | 10 |
| III. | COMPENSATING PENDULUMS. | 23 |
| IV. | THE CONSTRUCTION OF MERCURIAL PENDULUMS. | 53 |
| V. | REGULATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, CRUTCHES AND MINOR POINTS. | 79 |
| VI. | TORSION PENDULUMS FOR FOUR-HUNDRED DAY CLOCKS. | 91 |
| VII. | PECULIARITIES OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT— | |
| HOW TO READ DRAWINGS. | 98 | |
| VIII. | THE GRAHAM OR DEAD BEAT ESCAPEMENT. | 109 |