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The book covers every aspect of the science and theory of timekeeping and making timekeepers. 18 Chapters. Full of mathematical formulas on various aspects of the physical (mechanical) part of clock performace and clock making, including the theory of the geometry of various clock components. Rawlings was a physicist by training, although he spent most of his career with timekeeping devices.
Chapters deal with such issues as the elasticity of springs (both airsprings and mainsprings), harmonic motion in a cycloidal path, the viscosity of clock oils, escapement errors, the theory of gear trains, temperature compensation of pendulums, etc., to name but a few issues.
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