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THIS little book has been written, we are informed, chiefly for the instruction of country watchmakers. It cannot fail to be agreeable to them: it contains a great deal of useful practical information, and some is given of a higher quality, such as workmen are, to their credit, eager for now-a-days. To another and wider circle there is also much of a character to be interesting. The book is a proper supplement to the more popular horological treatises. There are good descriptions and pleasing diagrams of the various watch escapements; there is a chapter upon the art of springing; the mechanism of chronographs, repeating watches, and calendars is shown, but almost too briefly. Lastly, we find pictures and a short reference to the various tools which watchmakers employ, and some serviceable memoranda are added. Upon the whole the author has and deserves our praise.
The Watch and Clockmaker's Handbook.
By F. J. Britten (London: Kent and Co., 1881.)
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GARDNER, H. The Watch and Clockmaker's Handbook . Nature 27, 76 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027076b0
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