hardly be profitable toexpend much time in repairing them. But considerabletime is often wasted in improving the motion by polishingpivots and escape wheel teeth, possibly replacing the capjewels, or even the hole jewels, increasing the escapementdepth or making it shallower, examining the cylinder… … Fig. 59. In this case, as in a former one, in fact, it is necessaryat all times to carefully examine the cylinder wheel. j\Iyreason for not considering the cylinder itself so much as thewheel is that the makers of them have made a considerableadvance in their methods of manufacture, so we find…
Clocks and watches
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