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Reference code
DRA/01/002
Title
Clockmaking notebook no. 2
Date(s)
- n.d. [early 20th c.] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume in a folder
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Name of creator
(1896–1975)
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Scope and content
66 double-sided pages. Topics include: balance / hair spring, balance staff, remontoire movement, music as applied to horology, the best bells to use when fitting chime clock's hammers, accepting orders for large turret clocks, carillions, pendulum lengths, silvering clock dials, recipe for cleaning solution, sidereal and solar days, meridian dial, early clocks, etc. Also includes loose notes on related topics. With diagrams.
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Language and script notes
English