Practical Clock Escapements

Mayfield Books, Ashbourne, UK, 1998. Yellow hard cover with black titles on spine. In tidy condition. Contents are tight and clean. Dust jacket has minor edge-wear only and has not been price clipped. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller.

This book describes in detail how to repair and make the most popular clock escapements: crownwheel and verge, anchor(recoil), deadbeat and Brocot, with information on the more specialist types, such as the pinwheel, gravity and grasshopper escapements. Various types of pendulums and suspensions are also discussed. The emphasis throughout is on practical information, with additional advice on tools and jigs.