American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 75
d about asrapidly. If the screws are so placed as todivide the weight into two or three masses?say one part at the end of the cut rim, an-other at about the centre, and the rest used tocorrect and finish the adjustment, I believethat an accurate adjustment for all tempera-tures can be made by means… … The screws to all compensation balancesshould have small or conical shoulders, so asto bring as small a surface in contact with therim as possible; for if the bearing against therim is at the outside diameter of the screws, itwill interfere with the free action of the rimuntil the expansion and…
Clocks and watches
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