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CLOCK REPAIRING & MAKING

A Practical Handbook Dealing With The Tools, Materials and Methods Used in Cleaning and Repairing all Kinds of English and Foreign Timepieces, Striking and Chiming and The Making of English Clocks

Many b/w illustrations throughout

168 pages

Originally published in 1913, this book aims to give practical advice to anyone wishing to clean, repair and make all kinds of clocks. Alongside the very detailed and precise descriptions, there are many illustrations that deal with everything from chimes and the description of striking works, to hints on clock making.

 Contents Include:

 Introduction

 Cleaning a Skeleton Clock

 Repairing a Skeleton Clock

 Special Tools and Processes

 Other Pendulum Timepieces

 Pendulums

 Portable Clocks

 English Striking Clocks

 French and American Striking Clocks

 Quarter Striking and Chiming Clocks

 Turret Clocks

 Making Clocks

 Altering Clocks

 Electric Clocks

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