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Old clocks and watches & their makers : being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of nearly twelve thousand makers (1922)

Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913, Britten, Annie · London : E. & F. N. Spon · leaf 624

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to the backlashor freedom between the teeth of thepinion and slide, a slight reversal ofthe index has no effect on the curbpins. The simple regulator now gene-rally employed consists of a lever,fitting friction-tight over a boss onthe balance cock ; the shorter end of the lever carries the curb… … Fig. 832.—Watch, by BaltazarMartinet, showing earlyFrench arrangement ofBalance-spring Regulator. 6o8 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers There is one point about the stud used in those of Tompionswatches I have seen which might well be revived. The hole in thestud for the reception of the…

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