American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 204
d so far as Ihave had opportunities of learning, I do notknow a single instance of a clock or a modernchronometer whose rate has been improved bythe action of a remontoir; and as they addconsiderably to the complexity of the clock, andshow no improved practical results in return, Iconsider it… … and it also illustrates the opposition this form ofescapement presents to tho free vibrations ofa pendulum. The scape-wheel is omitted in thediagram, because its presence is unnecessary to illustrate the point in view. The pendulum, A,has ascended from the perpendicular line to theextremity of its…
Clocks and watches
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