American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 227
, with great propriety, be sacrificed for util-ity, because when the weight hangs in the cen-tre it comes into too close proximity with thependulum, and is very liable to disturb its mo-tion. In proof of this statement, let any readerwho has a regulator with a light pendulum anda comparatively… … of vibration of the pendulum varies from fiveto fifteen minutes according to the position inwhich the weight is placed; that the pendulumwill vibrate larger arcs when the weight is aboveor below the ball than when it is opposite it;and if the clock has a tendency to stop from anycause, that it will…
Clocks and watches
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