The Watchmakers Hand Book

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... OX VARIOUS SCALES.' * Compiled from data given in " A few facts connected with the Elements of Watch and Clock Making." By C. Frodsham. (1862.) SIZES OF MOVEMENTS. 463 Explanation of the above table.--The measurements are taken across the pillar plate. With a view to facilitate reference, the series of sizes on the French line scale are taken as a basis, as it covers the widest range, and only those sizes on the Lancashire scale that correspond to this series are given; the figures that indicate sizes on these two scales being printed in somewhat heavier type. When only a single Lancashire size is mentioned opposite to a line size it is to be understood that the two very nearly correspond, and if two numbers are given on the former scale opposite to one on the latter, it means that the French size is intermediate between the two on the English scale. Thus the line size 18 is almost identical with the Lancashire size 13, and their exact difference can be ascertained from columns 2 and 5 of the table. On the other hand, the French size 20 is intermediate between the English sizes 18 and 19, and the error that would be made by adopting either number as an equivalent can be at once determined by comparing the respective values in inches. In a similar manner the third column, giving sizes on the millimetre scale, can be used in conjunction with column 1 or 4; indeed, the table affords a means of approximately ascertaining the size of a movement on any one scale when it is known on any other. The rule for determining the value in inches of any size on the Lancashire scale is as follows: --Taking an initial inch, add to it 5-30ths of an inch (an allowance for the "fall," or room to enable the movement to open and shut in the case), and the...

The "most clever plotter on the planet"(Publishers Weekly) Jeffery Deaver returns in this twisty new thriller, as forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs track a criminal with a bizarre and catastrophic m.o.—toppling the construction cranes in New York City. When a New York City construction crane mysteriously collapses, causing mass destruction and injury, Rhyme and Sachs are on the case. A political group claims responsibility for the sabotage and threatens another attack in twenty-four hours, unless its demands are met. The clock is ticking. Then a clue reveals to Rhyme that his nemesis, known as the Watchmaker, has come to town to fulfill his promise of murdering the criminalist. Now Rhyme and Sachs have to dodge his brilliant scheme to destroy them both, while racing against time to stop the construction site terrorists. With New York in a panic, Rhyme and his team must unravel a handful of plots as tightly wound as a timepiece—before more cranes fall, raining down death and destruction from above.