A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 45
k at G, as before. By putting a smallstring to the top-end of the spring S, or lifting-piece M, to come through the case, it may benude to strike the last hour at any time, exceptwhen on the warning. A more simple contrivance for dividing thehours in a striking clock may now be examined ; it may,… … The wheel A is in this case united to the bar-rel arbor, and as such revolves with it, bearingthe locking-plate B. The arm C is attached tothe detent D, so that when the extremity C dropsinto the notches in the plate, the striking train isstopped, by another arm on the detent D inter-cepting a pin…
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