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Time and its measurement (1909)

Arthur, James, 1842-1930 · Chicago · leaf 48

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has taken the place of theverge. It is a modification of the deadbeat, Fig. 29, by adding a lever to theanchor, and this lever is acted on bythe balance, hence the name leverwatch. All this you can see by open-ing your watch, so no detailed expla- TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT 45 nation is necessary.… … being shown partly opened in Fig. 35.The watch with its inner case, includ-ing the glass, is shown to the right.This inner case is complete with twohinges and has a winding hole in theback. The upper case, of chasedwork, goes on next, and then the third,or outer case, covered with tortoiseshell…

Time · Clocks and watches

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