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Treatise on Clock and Watch Making

Thomas Reid

book · 1826

Thomas Reid, Treatise on Clock and Watch Making (1826).

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Longcase clock is historically related to Oak.
Reid’s treatise seats the longcase among tall freestanding pendulum clocks whose English cases are full-height wooden hoods and trunks, oak among the cabinet woods of that clockmaker speech. A named longcase in that craft, not a bracket shelf clock and not a tower movement alone.
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Lantern clock is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s clock chapters seat the lantern clock among weight-driven domestic movements in framed brass cages of later English form. A named lantern-clock in that workshop speech, not a lantern lighting vessel and not a longcase wooden trunk.
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Bracket clock is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s treatise seats the bracket clock among spring-driven shelf clocks of English practice whose plates and mounts are brass workshop work. A named bracket-clock in that craft, not a longcase pendulum trunk and not a portable carriage clock alone.
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Mantel clock is historically related to Oak.
Reid’s domestic clock speech seats the mantel clock among ornamental shelf cases made to sit on a mantel or console, wooden casework among the cabinet neighbors of that trade. A named mantel-clock in that craft, not a bracket movement type alone and not a longcase trunk.
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Carriage clock is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s portable clock speech seats the carriage clock among rectilinear travel cases with brass frames and handle furniture for journey use. A named carriage-clock in that craft, not a pocket-watch in a fob and not a bracket shelf clock alone.
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Table clock is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s treatise seats the table clock among freestanding table-top spring or weight cases whose plates and mounts belong to brass clockmaker work. A named table-clock in that craft, not a pocket-watch and not a tower movement.
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Skeleton clock is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s exhibition and fine-work neighborhood seats the skeleton clock among open-frame movements whose plates and train are left visible as brass skeletonising. A named skeleton-clock in that craft, not a mystery illusion clock and not a tower movement.
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Pendulum clock is historically related to Steel.
Reid’s treatise seats the pendulum clock among timekeepers regulated by a swinging pendulum whose rod and suspension work belong to steel and iron clockmaker practice. A named pendulum-clock in that craft, not a longcase case alone and not a marine chronometer.
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Regulator clock is historically related to Steel.
Reid’s precision chapters seat the regulator among high-grade pendulum clocks for setting other clocks, steel and compensated pendulum work at the center of that shop speech. A named regulator-clock in that craft, not a longcase furniture case alone and not a marine chronometer boxed for sea.
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Pocket watch is historically related to Gold.
Reid’s watch chapters seat the pocket watch among portable spring watches worn in a pocket, gold and gilt pair cases among the fine casework of that trade. A named pocket-watch in that craft, not a marine chronometer boxed for longitude and not a carriage clock.
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Repeating watch is historically related to Bell.
Reid’s repeating-work chapters seat the repeating watch among pocket watches that strike hours and quarters on demand on a small bell or gong. A named repeating-watch in that craft, not a pocket-watch without strike alone and not a tower strike.
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Marine chronometer is historically related to Meridian.
Reid’s chronometer and longitude speech seats the marine chronometer among boxed precision timekeepers carried to find longitude at sea against meridian time. A named marine-chronometer in that craft, not a pocket-watch alone and not Falconer’s marine dictionary seating of spars and sounding gear.
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Turret clock is historically related to Iron.
Reid’s public-clock chapters seat the turret clock among large weight-driven movements built to drive dials in a turret or cupola, iron frames and arbors among that heavy shop work. A named turret-clock in that craft, not a tower-clock as the public whole alone and not a domestic lantern clock.
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Tower clock is historically related to Bell.
Reid’s public timekeeping speech seats the tower clock among mechanical clocks set in towers whose strike trains sound hours on bells. A named tower-clock in that craft, not a turret movement alone and not a domestic longcase.
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Astronomical clock is historically related to Sun.
Reid’s astronomical and equation neighborhood seats the astronomical clock among clocks that also show the sun’s place on subsidiary dials beside civil hours. A named astronomical-clock in that craft, not an orloj façade alone and not a bare orrery.
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Equation clock is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s dialling and equation chapters seat the equation clock among clocks that show the equation of time between sundial apparent time and mean time. A named equation-clock in that craft, not a sundial plate alone and not a regulator without equation work.
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Automaton clock is used in Workshop.
Reid’s striking and show-work neighborhood seats the automaton clock among clocks that drive moving figures as part of the strike or display, shop automaton work rather than a cuckoo bird alone. A named automaton-clock in that craft workshop speech, not a cuckoo-clock alone and not a jacquemart façade figure alone.
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Cuckoo clock appears in European folklore.
Reid’s regional clock speech can name the cuckoo clock among striking clocks that release a bird automaton on the hour, a Central European folk-workshop form kept distinct from tower jacks. A named cuckoo-clock in that European craft folklore neighborhood, not a jacquemart and not a bare bird dump.
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Watch key is historically related to Key.
Reid’s winding and fusee chapters seat the watch key among small winding keys for pocket watches and clock fusees, a clockmaker key distinct from a door bit-key. A named watch-key in that craft, not a skeleton-key and not a key-fob ornament alone.
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Butterfield dial is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s dialling chapters seat the Butterfield dial among octagonal portable horizontal sundials with bird-gnomon and latitude tables, brass portable dial work of later French practice the English treatise can gloss. A named butterfield-dial in that dialling speech, not a diptych-dial and not a ring-dial.
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Shepherd’s dial is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s dialling speech seats the shepherd’s dial among portable pillar or cylinder sundials read by a sliding height bead on hour curves. A named shepherd-dial in that craft, not a monumental pillar-dial alone and not a ring-dial.
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Pillar dial is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s dialling chapters seat the pillar dial among upright columnar sundials whose hours wrap a vertical shaft. A named pillar-dial in that craft, not a shepherd pocket cylinder alone and not a flat horizontal plate alone.
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Ring dial is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s portable dialling seats the ring dial among annular sundials read through a sliding hole on a graduated ring. A named ring-dial in that craft, not a nocturnal star dial and not a diptych-dial.
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Polyhedral dial is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s dialling speech seats the polyhedral dial among multi-faced stone or wood sundials with a gnomon on each plane. A named polyhedral-dial in that craft, not a single sundial face alone and not a tower-clock.
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Diptych dial is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s portable dialling seats the diptych dial among hinged two-leaf sundials with a string gnomon between faces. A named diptych-dial in that craft, not a writing diptych tablet and not a ring-dial.
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Analemmatic sundial is historically related to Sundial.
Reid’s dialling chapters seat the analemmatic sundial among horizontal dials whose gnomon is a moving upright on an elongated hour scale. A named analemmatic-sundial in that craft, not a fixed-gnomon plate alone and not The Gnomon world place.
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Candle clock is historically related to Candle.
Reid’s historical survey of earlier timers seats the candle clock among timekeepers that burn a marked candle, a combustion neighbor kept apart from mechanical pendulum and spring work. A named candle-clock in that treatise speech, not an oil-lamp-clock and not an incense-clock.
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Oil-lamp clock is historically related to Oil.
Reid’s earlier-timer neighborhood seats the oil-lamp clock among timekeepers that read falling oil level in a graduated lamp reservoir. A named oil-lamp-clock in that treatise speech, not a candle-clock and not an incense-clock.
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Burning-rope clock is historically related to Fire.
Reid’s historical timer survey can name the burning-rope clock among knotted or graduated ropes that time intervals as they burn, a fire-timed neighbor kept apart from candle and oil-lamp forms. A named burning-rope-clock in that treatise speech, not a candle-clock and not an incense-clock.
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Jacquemart is historically related to Bell.
Reid’s public striking speech seats the jacquemart among articulated figures that hammer a bell on a public clock face. A named jacquemart in that craft, not a cuckoo bird alone and not the tower movement alone.
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Nuremberg egg is historically related to Brass.
Reid’s early watch history seats the Nuremberg egg among early oval portable watches associated with Nuremberg makers, brass drum cases in that portable lineage. A named nuremberg-egg in that craft, not a later pocket-watch pair case alone and not a carriage clock.
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Orloj is historically related to Moon.
Reid’s astronomical public-clock neighborhood can gloss the orloj among Central European astronomical clock façades with calendar and moon dials beside civil hours. A named orloj in that speech, not a generic astronomical-clock lemma alone and not an orrery.
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Astrarium is historically related to Sphere.
Reid’s history of geared sky models seats the astrarium among medieval planetarium-clocks that model planetary places as well as hours, sphere and orb work in that lineage. A named astrarium in that treatise speech, not a later orrery alone and not an armillary-sphere dump.
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Orrery is historically related to Sun.
Reid’s geared astronomical models seat the orrery among early modern machines that show planetary motion about the sun as a clockmaker’s sky model. A named orrery in that craft neighborhood, not an astrarium alone and not a live sky clock on The Gnomon.
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Water-clock house is historically related to Clepsydra.
Reid’s earlier water-timing survey seats the water-clock house among buildings that house a water clock for public or court time, the clepsydra apparatus as the instrument neighbor. A named water-clock-house in that treatise speech, not the clepsydra object alone and not a gauging-station.
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Time ball is historically related to Meridian.
Reid’s public and maritime timekeeping neighborhood seats the time ball among drop-ball signals that mark a precise meridian instant for ships and towns. A named time-ball in that craft speech, not a noon-gun alone and not a tower-clock strike alone.
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Rolling-ball clock is used in Workshop.
Reid’s curiosity and inclined-plane neighborhood can name the rolling-ball clock among clocks that time intervals by balls rolling on tracks, a workshop show train distinct from hourglass sand. A named rolling-ball-clock in that craft, not an hourglass and not a clepsydra.
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