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The Watch Adjuster's Manual - A Practical Guide for the Watch and Chronometer Adjuster in Making, Springing, Timing and Adjusting for Isochronism, Positions and Temperatures
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- English
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eBook - ePub
The Watch Adjuster's Manual - A Practical Guide for the Watch and Chronometer Adjuster in Making, Springing, Timing and Adjusting for Isochronism, Positions and Temperatures
About this book
This vintage book contains a complete guide to making, adjusting, springing, timing and adjusting a variety of watches. With simple, clear instructions and many helpful diagrams, this book will be of considerable utility to novice, apprentice, and amateur watch repairers. Contents include: "Suggestions to Workmen", "Preliminary Examination of the Movement", "Magnetism and Magnetized Watches", "The Demagnetization of Watches, Watch Parts, etc.", "Making Balance Springs", "Treatment of Steel for Making Hair Springs", "Making Cylindrical or Helical Springs", "Making Flat Spiral and Breguet Springs", "The Modern American Method of Making Hair Springs", "Watch Balances", "Balance Making", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1904.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- A History of Clocks and Watches
- Preface to Third Edition
- Contents
- To the Reader
- Part First. Preparatory.
- Part Second. Making Balance Springs.
- Part Third. Watch Balances.
- Part Fourth. Springing and Timing.
- Part Fifth. Special and “Natural” Compensations.
- Part Sixth. The Adjustment for Isochronism.
- Part Seventh. The Adjustment for Positions.
- Part Eighth. The Adjustment for Heat and Cold.
- Index
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