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The boy engineers; (1880)

Lukin, James. [from old catalog] · New York, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 101

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his escape wheel, with apinion of eight leaves, therefore, we found must turn awheel of sixty teeth, which, with its pinion of eight leaves,must gear into one of sixty-four teeth to carry the minutehand. Then comes the barrel, with its string and weight.The spur wheel not being fixed to the axle,… … Fig. 7.—Clock Train. which turns but once in twelve hours. To enable ouryoung readers more fully to understand the nature of OUR WOODEN CLOCK. 91 this train of clockwork, a sketch is appended here, theteeth being omitted. Teeth, moreover, would be unneces-sary if the sizes of the several wheels and…

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