Time and Time-Tellers
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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.
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