Hood, Grant · Kansas City, Mo. : Kansas City Jeweler and Optician · leaf 214
used in timing, being 206 THE CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT. turned out to make it run slower and toward the centerto make it run faster. When the chronometer has a veryclose rate, it is almost impossible to turn the screws littleenough to bring it to time. The two round weights areused instead of screws,… … Fig. 4. bearing against the steel part of the rim (not shown), asthese weights must be moved nearer or farther from theend of the rim, as required for the temperature adjustments(which was explained under the subect of compensating bal-ances and pendulums). It will be seen that we are able toget a…
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