Format:
XVI, 99 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst.
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26 cm
ISBN:
1606189921
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9781606189924
Series Statement:
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge vol. 99, pt. 2
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The dial -- The left hand side of dial -- The sun - moon dial -- Repeat and strike selector -- Moon elliptic orbit and node indicator -- Right hand side of dial -- Equation-of-time indicator -- Manual tune play -- Tune play interval selector -- Tune repeat selector -- Tune indicator -- The top of the dial -- The orrery -- The center of the dial -- Date aperture -- The moon dial -- The calendar dial -- The gear trains -- Time train gearing -- Music train gearing -- Strike train gearing -- Hammer strikes per 12 hours -- Gearing on the front of movement -- Movement front plate gearing -- The dial gear trains -- The calendar hand -- Analysis of the gear train -- Equation-of-time indicator -- The analysis -- The mechanism -- The strike operation -- The manual repeat and warning phase -- Counting the strikes -- Controlling the bell hammers -- The music train -- The trip sequence -- Tune change gearing -- Music drum adjustments -- Setting the dial indications -- Preparation -- The calendar hand -- The equation-of-time dial -- The orrery planets -- The sun-moon dial -- The moon ecliptic node indicator dial -- The lunar dial -- Restarting the clock.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
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Physics
Keywords:
Rittenhouse, David 1732-1796
;
Drexel University
;
Astronomische Uhr
