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DRA/01/006
Title
Clockmaking notebook no. 6
Date(s)
- n.d. [early 20th c.] (Creation)
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1 volume in a folder
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(1896–1975)
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Scope and content
108 pages. Topics include: quarter chime movement, recoil escapement, watch and clock trains, weights and sizes of bells of St Philip's and St Jacob's church in Bristol, pendulum bobs, metals, turret clocks done by H. Draisey, compensated balance, dead-beat escapement, pinor jewel pallets, Americal pallets, hour and quarter chime snails, rack work, turret clock dial work, the Universe, the Solar System, the Year, turret clocks locking plate. warning and stop work, electric clocks balance type, the gravity escapement, enameled iron dials, hard soldering, electric gilding, batteries, dial clock train, recipe for French polish, the Wells Clock, the Big Ben, etc. With diagrams.
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English