
eBook - ePub
Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock
- 218 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock
About this book
This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks. Complete with simple step-by-step instructions and a plethora of detailed, useful illustrations, this timeless text is ideal for anyone looking for a simple and easy-to-digest guide pertaining to watch repair. Although old, the information contained herein will still be of considerable utility to the modern reader, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: How a Simple Clock Works, Clock Repairers' Tools and Materials, General Repairs to Escapements, Recoil Escapements and their Repair, Dead-beat Escapements and their Repair, Cleaning Simple Clocks, Cleaning Dutch Clocks, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.
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Yes, you can access Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock by Bernard E. Jones in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Mechanical Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- 1.—How a Simple Clock Works
- 2.—Clock Repairers’ Tools and Materials
- 3.—General Repairs to Escapements
- 4.—Recoil Escapements and Their Repair
- 5.—Dead-beat Escapements and Their Repair
- 6.—Cleaning Simple Clocks
- 7.—Cleaning Dutch Clocks
- 8.—Cleaning French Clocks
- 9.—Cleaning English Clocks
- 10.—Strike and Alarm Work
- 11.—Cleaning Grandfather Striking Clocks
- 12.—Cleaning and Repairing American Drum Clocks
- 13.—Cleaning Regulator Clocks
- 14.—Cuckoo Clocks: Mechanism and Cleaning
- 15.—Adding Quarter - Chimes to Grandfather Clock
- 16.—Notes on Electric Clocks
- 17.—Pendulums
- Index