American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 46
e sole of therest is based on a wide surface, and the hold- down is strong and powerful, no chattering isobservable, even in taking a heavy cut at highspeed. The tail stock, with its centre, is very useful.Drilling, boring, etc., may be done very expe-ditiously ; and turning between centres is… … In our last number we quoted an articlefrom the London Horological Journal, de-scribing a new three-pin escapement, and re-ferred to one invented and patented some yearsago by Mr. R. L. Peabody, of this city. Werelied, in our reference, entirely on memory,and have found since that it was a…
Clocks and watches
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