INDEX.
- A
- Addendum, 202
- Air, Pressure of, 20
- Aluminum, Compensation with, 48
- Anchor Escapement, 141
- Angular Measurement, Peculiarities of, 102
- Apparent Time, 348
- Arbors, Polishing Steel, 232
- “Straightening Bent, 231
- Arc of Escapement, 93, 109, 115, 127, 138, 145, 153, 164, 186, 469
- Armatures, Adjustment of, 389, 409
- Astronomical Clocks, 493
- “Day, 348
- Auxiliary Weights, 37
- B
- Balance, Vibrations of, 180
- Banking, 90, 156, 160, 170, 176
- Barometric Error, 20
- Barrels, 244, 267, 465, 485
- “Chiming, 370
- Batteries, 380
- “Dating, 392
- “Grading, 384
- “Making, 383
- “Position of, 385
- “Wiring, Methods of, 385
- Beat, to put a Clock in, 89
- Bells, 369
- “ Ships, 315
- Brocot’s Calendar, 359
- “Visible Escapement, 127, 128
- Bushing, 476
- C
- Cables, Clock, 269
- “Lengths of, 271
- Calculations of Weights, 57
- Calendars, 347
- “Brocot’s, 359
- “Gregorian, 349
- “Julian, 349
- “Perpetual, 353
- “Simple, 350
- Carillons, 372
- Case Friction, 448
- “ Temperature, 450
- Cases, 446
- “ Gilding, 459
- “ Marble, 460
- ““ to Polish, 461
- “ Polishing, 457
- “ Precision Clock, 447
- “ Regulator, 463
- “ Restoring old, 455
- Cement for Marble, 460
- “ for Dials, 438
- Center Distances, 110, 200
- “ of Gravity, 18
- “ of Oscillation, 13
- “ Springs, 96, 294
- Chain Drives, 271
- Cheap Clocks, to clean, 187
- Chime Barrels, to mark, 371
- Chimes, 339, 370
- “ Cambridge, 372
- “ Carillon, 372
- “ Electric, 420
- “ Tubular, 374, 422
- Circle, Pitch, 202
- Circular Error, 21
- “ Pitch, 215
- Cleaning Cheap Clocks, 187
- Clocks, Astronomical, 493
- “ Cuckoo, 319, 321
- “ Designing, 8
- “ Four-hundred day, 91
- Clocks, Glass of, 462
- “Repeating, 332
- “Room, 452
- Cock, 482
- Collets, 234
- Compensated Pendulum Rods, 40
- “ Rod, Flat, 41
- “ Rods, Tubular, 48
- Compensation, 450
- Compensating Pendulums, 23
- ““Bracket for, 32
- Compensating Pendulums, Principles of Construction, 27
- Compensating Pendulums with shot, 36
- Compensating Pendulums, Wood Rod and Lead Bob, 32
- Compensation Pendulums, Wood Rod and Zinc Bob, 28
- Compensation Pendulums, Aluminum, 48
- Cones, Rusting of, 190
- Construction of Dials, 426
- Contacts, Dial, 423, 425
- “Electric, 396
- Contrate Wheel, 171, 375
- Conversion, Table of, 18
- Cords, 268
- “ Lengths of, 270
- Count Hook, 301, 304, 310
- “ Wheel, 301, 304, 315
- ““ Train, 300
- Crown Wheel, 171
- Crutches, 87, 472
- Cuckoo, Adjustments of, 326
- “Bellows, 328
- “Clock, Names of Parts, 323
- “Motion Work, 296
- “Repairing, 327
- Cutters for Clock Trains, 196
- “Setting, 197
- Cycloid, 21
- Cylinder Clocks, Examination of, 171
- Cylinder, End Shake, 170
- ““ Proportion of, 149
- “ Side Shake, 167
- “ Teeth, Shape of, 183
- Cylinders, Weight of, 37
- D
- Day, Astronomical, 348
- “ Sidereal, 348
- “ Solar, 348
- Dedendum, 202
- Dennison Escapement, 150
- Depolarizers, 381
- Depthing, 200
- “ Tool, 477
- Designing Clocks, 8
- Detached Lever Escapement, 184
- Dials, Construction of, 426
- “ Contacts, 423, 425
- “ Enamel for, 431
- “ Phosphorescent, 437
- “ Repairing, 432, 438
- “ Secondary, 417
- “ to Clean, 436
- “ “ Silver, 434
- “ Varnish for, 438
- Distances, Center, 200
- Drawings, to read, 98
- Draw of Teeth, 194
- Drill, Pinion, 249, 251
- Drop, 107
- E
- Effect of Temperature, 62
- Eight Day Trains, 299
- Electric Chimes, 420
- “Clocks, 376
- ““Synchronizing, 400, 413
- “Contacts, 396
- Elements, Mechanical, 98
- Enamel for Dials, 431
- End Shake, of Cylinder, 170, 175
- End Stones, 477
- Epicycloid, 206
- Equation of Time, 365
- Error, Barometric, 20
- “ Circular, 21
- “ Temperature, 22
- Escape Wheel, Sizes of, 109, 133, 155, 164
- ““ To make, 109, 120, 135, 138, 150, 155, 162, 164
- Escapement, Brocot’s, 127, 128
- “Cylinder, 163
- “Dennison, 150
- “Detached Lever, 184
- “Drum, 148
- “Graham, 109
- “Gravity, 150, 161
- “Le Paute’s Pin Wheel, 135
- “Pin, 185, 193
- “Recoil, 141
- “To draw Graham, 113
- ““ Pin Wheel, 138
- ““ Gravity, 152
- “ Western Clock Mfg. Co., 193
- Examination of Cylinders, 171
- Expansion of Metals, 22
- F
- Fan, 308, 326
- Fly for Gravity Escapement, 158
- Frames, Making, 261
- “Thickness of, 474
- Four-hundred Day Clocks, 91
- Friction, Disengaging, 203
- “Engaging, 203
- “of Teeth, 132
- “Springs, 294
- G
- Gathering Pallet, 338, 344
- Gilding, 459
- Gong Wires, 369
- Graham Escapement, 109, 467
- Gravity, Center of, 18
- “ Escapement, 150
- Gregorian Calendar, 349
- H
- Half Hour Striking Work, 334, 342, 345
- Hammers, 367
- “ Hardening, 198, 480, 482
- “ Springs, 368
- “ Tail, 298, 301
- Hands, 439
- “ Proportions of, 440
- “ To Balance, 442
- “ To Blue, 444
- Hour Rack, 335
- “ Snail, 296, 334
- “ Strike, 342
- “ Wheel, 96, 293, 296, 325
- Hypocycloid Curves, 206
- I
- Iron, Expansion of, 57
- Information, Need for, 3
- Isochronism, 469
- J
- Jeweling, 475, 477
- Jewels, Pallet, 126
- Julian Calendar, 349
- L
- Lantern Pinions, 235
- Lathe, Slide Gauge, 241, 243, 246
- Laws of Pendulums, 11
- Lead, 22, 32
- Leap Year, 349
- Length of Pivots, 199
- Le Paute’s Escapement, 135
- Leverage of Wheels, 99
- Lift, 106
- Lifting Cam, 301, 331
- “ Piece, 331
- “ Planes, 116
- “ Pins, 186
- Lock, 107
- Locking Hook, 301
- Losing Time, 192
- Lunation, 365
- M
- Magnets, Arrangement of, 378, 386, 389, 395, 401, 406
- Mainsprings, 272, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282
- “Breakage of, 281
- “Buckled, 277
- “Cleaning, 277
- “Clock, 288
- “Coil Friction, 277
- “Fusee, 279
- “Importance of Cleaning, 274
- “Length of, 280
- “Loss of Power, 274
- “Maintaining Power, 285, 291
- “Oiling, 278
- “Stop Works, 282
- Maintaining Powers, 285
- Mean Apparent Time, 348
- Mean Time, 348
- Measuring Wheels, 195
- Measurement, Angular, 102
- Mechanical Elements, 98
- Mercurial Pendulums, 53, 60, 69
- ““For Tower Clocks, 65
- Mercury, 53, 56, 66, 70
- Metals, Expansion of, 22
- “Weight of, 37
- Millimeters Compared with Inches, 18
- Minute Jumpers, 417
- “Wheels, 96, 293, 296, 325
- Month Clocks, 260
- “ Sidereal, 349
- “ Synodic, 350
- Moon, Phases of, 365
- “ Train, 365
- Motion Work, 96, 293, 296, 325
- N
- Need for Information, 3
- Numbers, Conversion of, 201
- Nut, Rating, 42, 50, 66
- O
- Oiling Cables, 269
- Oscillation, Center of, 13
- Overbanking, 90, 156, 160, 170, 176
- P
- Pallet Jewels, 126
- Pallets, 106, 115, 121, 126, 130, 135, 139,
- 141, 144, 149, 153, 186, 193, 470
- Pallets, To make, 119, 126
- Pendulum, Isochronous, 470
- “Lengths, Table of, 10, 16
- “Rieffler, 49, 75
- “Rods, 262
- “ “ Compensated, 40
- “Compensating, 23
- “Electric Driven, 376
- “Laws of, 11
- “Mercurial, 53, 60, 69
- “Sidereal, 493
- “Torsion, 91
- Perpetual Calendar, 353
- Phases of the Moon, 365
- Pillars, Making, 240
- Pinion Drill, Automatic, 249, 251
- “ Making, 227, 252
- ““ Machine, Automatic, 245, 247
- “ Canon, 293, 294, 295
- “ Depthing, 206, 210, 217
- “ Facing, 233
- “ Hardening, 229
- “ Lantern, 235
- “ Tempering, 230
- “ To Draw, 206
- Pin Escapement, 185, 193
- “ Wheels, 297, 301, 327
- ““ Escapement, 135
- “““To Draw, 138
- Pitch, Addendum, 216
- “ Circle, 202
- “ Circular, 215
- “ Diametral, 216
- Pivots, 488
- “ Length of, 199
- “ Proportions of, 167, 173, 199, 474
- “ Side Shake, 199
- Planes, Lifting, 116
- Plates, Clock, 198
- “ Thickness of, 474
- Poising Balance Staffs, 189, 190
- Polishing Steel Arbors, 232
- Posts, Clock, 478
- Power, 264, 265, 266, 267
- “ Maintaining, 285
- Putting in Beat, 89
- R
- Rack, Division of, 335
- “ Striking Work, 331
- Ratchet, 288
- Rating Nut, 42, 50, 66
- “ With Shot, 90
- Reading Drawings, 98
- Repeating Clocks, 332
- Recoil Escapement, 141
- Regulation, 79
- Regulator Trains, 492
- Regulators, Making, 463
- Repairing Dials, 432, 438
- Resistance Spools, 388
- Rieffler Pendulum, 49, 75
- Rounding-Up, 174, 221, 223
- ““ Rules for, 226
- Run, 108
- Rusting of Cones, 190
- S
- Screws, Clock, 483
- Secondary Dials, 417
- Self-winding Clocks, 376
- Ship Bells, Striking, 313
- Shot, Rating with, 90
- Sidereal Day, 348
- “ Month, 349
- “ Pendulums, 493
- “ Year, 349
- Side Shake, Cylinder, 167
- “ “For Pivots, 199
- Silvering Dials, 434
- Simple Calendar, 350
- Sizes of Teeth, 211, 213, 237
- “ “ Wheels, 201
- Slide Gauge Lathe, 241, 243, 244
- Snail, 296, 336
- “ Division of, 337
- “ French System, 342
- “ Quarter Striking Work, 339
- “ Striking Work, 330, 340
- Solar Day, 348
- Sparking, to Prevent, 386
- Springs, Center, 294
- “Clock, 273, 288, 307
- “Friction, 294
- “Hammer, 368
- “Main, 272, 273, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 307
- Squares, Milling, 261
- Standards, Importance of, 26
- Star Wheel, 332, 335
- Steel, Expansion of, 57
- Stop Works, 282
- Straightening Bent Arbors, 231
- Striking from Center Arbor, 298
- “To Correct, 306, 307
- “Trains, 297, 308, 313, 323, 330
- ““ Half Hour, 298, 308, 313
- ““ Setting Up, 307, 310, 339
- ““ To Calculate, 297
- ““ Rack, 331
- “Work, Repeating, 332
- ““ Snail, 330, 340
- Supports, Pendulum, 86
- Suspension, 81, 93
- “Springs, 82, 93
- Synchronizing, 400, 413
- Synodic Month, 350
- T
- Table, Lengths of Pendulum, 12, 16, 17, 34, 258
- “ of Expansions, 30
- “ Inches, Millimeters and French Lines, 18
- ““Time Trains, 258, 339, 340, 492
- ““Weights and Metals, 37
- Tangent, 104
- Teeth, Friction of, 132
- “ Shape of Cylinder, 183
- “ Shapes of, 203
- “ Sizes of, 211, 213, 237
- Temperature, Effect of, 62
- “Error, 22
- Tempering, 229
- Time, Apparent, 348
- “ Equation of, 365
- “ Losing, 192
- “ Mean, 348
- To Draw Anchor Escapement, 143, 145, 147
- Top Weights, 39
- Torsion Pendulums, 91
- Tower Clock, Cables, 269
- ““Dials, Sizes of, 426
- ““Gravity Escapement for, 150
- ““Hands, 442
- ““Maintaining Powers, 285, 291
- ““Motion Work, 295
- ““Pendulums, 65
- ““Stop Works, 287
- ““Suspension, 65
- ““Time Trains, 258
- Trains, 330
- “ Electric, 389
- “ Regulator, 492
- “ Table of, 258
- “ To Calculate, 257, 264, 297
- Tropical Year, 348
- Tubular Chimes, 374, 422
- Turning Tools, 481
- V
- Varnish for Dials, 438
- “ Remover, 456
- Vibrations of Balance, 180
- W
- Warning, 306, 312
- “ Pin, 306, 312
- “ Wheel, 306, 312
- Weight Cords, 268
- Weight of Lead, Zinc and Cast Iron Cylinders, 37
- Weights, 265, 319
- “ Auxiliary, 37
- “ Calculations of, 27
- “ Top, 39
- Wheel Contrate, 171, 375
- “ Crown, 171
- “ Hour, 296
- “ Cutting, 254
- “ Leverage of, 99
- “ Measuring, 195
- “ Minute, 96, 293, 296, 325
- “ Sizes of, 201, 490
- “ Stamping, 256
- “ Star, 332, 335
- “ Stretching, 226
- Wires, Gong, 369
- Y
- Year, 348
- “ Leap, 349
- “ Sidereal, 349
- “ Tropical, 348
- Z
- Zinc, 54