Time and Time-Tellers
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Time and Time-Tellers

By James W. Benson
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  • TIME AND TIME-TELLERS.
  • TIME AND TIME-TELLERS.
    • BY
    • JAMES W. BENSON.
    • TABLE OF CONTENTS
    • INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
    • TIME AND TIME-TELLERS.
    • MODERN WATCHES:
      • THEIR VARIETIES AND MODES OF MANUFACTURE.
    • THEIR VARIETIES AND MODES OF MANUFACTURE.
    • KEYLESS WATCHES.
    • HOUSE CLOCKS.
    • TURRET CLOCKS.
      • THE WHEELS.
      • PENDULUMS.
      • FALL OF THE WEIGHTS.
      • CROWN-WHEEL ESCAPEMENT.
      • THE ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT.
      • THE DEAD-BEAT ESCAPEMENT.
      • FRENCH SINGLE-PIN ESCAPEMENT.
      • THREE-LEGG'D GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT.
      • DOUBLE THREE-LEGG'D ESCAPEMENT.
      • THE REMONTOIRE.
      • THE DIALS.
      • THE HANDS
      • THE FRAME.
      • THE FIXING
      • A MODERN TURRET CLOCK DESCRIBED.
      • HAMMER AND BELL.
      • THE GREAT CLOCKS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
      • EXHIBITION OF 1862.
      • BENSON'S GREAT CLOCK.
      • A CALENDAR AND WIND-DIAL
      • SUN-DIALS
      • CARILLON CHIMES.
    • THE WHEELS.
    • PENDULUMS.
    • FALL OF THE WEIGHTS.
    • CROWN-WHEEL ESCAPEMENT.
    • THE ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT.
    • THE DEAD-BEAT ESCAPEMENT.
    • FRENCH SINGLE-PIN ESCAPEMENT.
    • THREE-LEGG'D GRAVITY ESCAPEMENT.
    • DOUBLE THREE-LEGG'D ESCAPEMENT.
    • THE REMONTOIRE.
    • THE DIALS.
    • THE HANDS
    • THE FRAME.
    • THE FIXING
    • A MODERN TURRET CLOCK DESCRIBED.
    • HAMMER AND BELL.
    • THE GREAT CLOCKS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
    • EXHIBITION OF 1862.
    • BENSON'S GREAT CLOCK.
    • A CALENDAR AND WIND-DIAL
    • SUN-DIALS
    • CARILLON CHIMES.
    • A FEW DATES AND DETAILS FOR
    • ALMANAC READERS.
    • Transcriber's Notes:
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