American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 103
ntage. We have many times observed—and whohas not ?—the want of order and cleanlinessabout the watch-repairers bench, and havethought that nothing would so well supply thedeficiency as the hand of a woman that wassufficiently acquainted with the implements toavoid making mischief. With our best… … 8 representing the sun, the line A P isthe major axis of the ellipse, marked in fullwith a dotted line. Now, we may imagineany fixed point at a distance, but in the simestraight line. If in relation to that point the axis A P should change, having S as a cen-tre of revolution, the direction of A P…
Clocks and watches
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