The Watchmakers' Hand Book

About this eBook

Author

Saunier, Claudius, 1816-1896

Title

The watchmakers' hand book : intended as a workshop companion for those engaged in watchmaking and allied mechanical arts

Original Publication

Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co., 1892, reprint 1894.

Credits

Aaron Adrignola, Sharon Joiner, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Clock and watch making

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76850

Release Date

September 10, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.The Watchmakers’ Hand Book
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PREFACE.
8. 8.INDEX.
9. 9.PART I . ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRY, DRAWING, ETC. — ARITHMETIC. — SOME SIGNS EMPLOYED IN CALCULATIONS. — POWERS AND ROOTS. — PROPORTION. — ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. — GEOMETRICAL DRAWING. — DRAWING INSTRUMENTS. — GEOMETRICAL DRAWINGS. — THE MICROMETRICAL DIVIDING TABLE. — OTHER METHODS OF DIVIDING INTO EQUAL PARTS. — TO SUBDIVIDE A CIRCLE. — TIME. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.PART II . MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN HOROLOGY. — IRON. — CAST IRON. — STEEL. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. — SPECIAL OBSERVATIONS. — DETERMINATION OF THE QUALITIES OF STEEL. — PREPARATIONS OF STEEL. — HARDENING. — TEMPERING. — TO WHITEN AND BLUE STEEL. — CASE-HARDENING. — INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN METALS AND METALLOIDS ON THE QUALITIES OF IRON AND STEEL. — COPPER. — ZINC. — BRASS. — HAMMER HARDENING OF BRASS. — TO ANNEAL BRASS. — CAST BRASS. — TIN. — BRONZE. — STERRO. — LEAD. — NICKEL. — GERMAN SILVER. — GOLD. — SILVER. — ALUMINIUM AND ALUMINIUM BRONZE. — MERCURY. — PLATINUM. — PALLADIUM. — CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES OF ALLOYS. — SOLDERING. — METHODS OF SOLDERING. — BRONZING. — GILDING. — ACIDS AND SALTS. — OIL. — ALCOHOL. — BENZINE, ETC. — POLISHING MATERIALS. — PREPARATION OF POLISHING MATERIALS. — SMOOTHING. — SMOOTHING OF BRASS. — SMOOTHING OF STEEL. — POLISHING. — TO POLISH STEEL. — CEMENT, WAX, RESIN, ETC. — ENAMEL. — PRECIOUS STONES. — WORKING IN PRECIOUS STONES. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.PART III. HEALTH AND MANIPULATION. — PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. — THE SIGHT. — THE BODY IN GENERAL. — USE OF THE FILE AND GRAVER. — TO FILE FLAT AND SQUARE WITH BOTH HANDS AT ONCE. — TO FILE FLAT WITH ONE HAND. — TO TURN CYLINDRICAL PIVOTS, ETC., AND SQUARE SHOULDERS.
12. 12.PART IV. TOOLS AND APPLIANCES. — WORKSHOP FITTINGS. — THE LATHE. — THE FOOT WHEEL. — THE BENCH. — IDLERS. — CHUCKS. — THE SLIDE REST. — GRAVERS AND OTHER HAND-TURNING TOOLS. — DRILLS. — LATHE ATTACHMENTS. — MISCELLANEOUS SMALL TOOLS. — ACCESSORIES AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS TO BE PERFORMED IN THE UNIVERSAL HEAD. — TO CENTER AN OBJECT. — UPRIGHTING AND DRILLING. — PRODUCTION OF SCREW THREADS. SCREW PLATES AND TAPS. — TAPS. — METHODS OF TAPPING HOLES. — RAPID MODE OF MAKING A SCREW. — SCREW-HEAD TOOLS. — TOOLS FOR CUTTING AND ROUNDING-UP THE TEETH OF WHEELS. WHEEL-CUTTING ENGINE. — CUTTERS FOR FORMING THE TEETH OF BRASS WHEELS. — MILL CUTTERS FOR STEEL. — TOOL FOR MAKING CUTTERS. — TOOLS FOR CORRECTING THE FORM OF TEETH. — TO TEST THE ACCURACY OF CERTAIN TOOLS.
13. 13.PART V. REPAIRING AND EXAMINING WATCHES. — METHOD. — EXTERNAL EXAMINATION OF THE WATCH. — TO EXAMINE A GENEVA MOVEMENT. — ACCESSORIES FOR BEGINNERS. — CLEANING THE WATCH. — PUTTING THE WATCH TOGETHER. — TO EXAMINE ENGLISH OR AMERICAN MOVEMENTS. — TO RAPIDLY TIME A WATCH OR CLOCK. — TIMING IN POSITIONS. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL. — NOTE ON THE PROPORTIONS OF BALANCES. — DEMAGNETIZING. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.PART VI. PRACTICAL RECIPES. — THE PLATE. — THE BARREL. INCLUDING ARBOR, STOPWORK, MAINSPRING, ETC. — THE MAINSPRING. — THE FUSEE. — CHAIN. — WHEELS. — PINIONS. — SET-HANDS SQUARE. — PIVOTS. — BUSHING PIVOT HOLES, ETC. — DEPTHS. — ON THE APPLICATION OF THE GEOMETRICAL LAWS OF DEPTHS TO PRACTICE. — PALLETS. — CYLINDER. — BALANCE SPRING. — DIAL PLATE. — METAL DIALS. — HANDS. — GLASSES. — BROACHING. — SOLID AND HOLLOW SQUARES. — TO STRAIGHTEN A ROD, PLATE OR WHEEL. — FOOTNOTES:
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