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1877 December Installment, Escapements of Couet, Mudge, Kater, Bloxam, Massey, Denison, Voss & Monnington, and Gehrcken.1877 October Installment, Escapements of Aitkin and Airy.Frodsham, Harrison M, 'Some Material for a Résumé of Remontoires', The Horological Journal, most transcribed by David M MacMillan.Francillon, Andre, History of Longines translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 1.1MB.Fitch, Charles H., The Manufacture of Watches and Clocks at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880) from Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 205KB.

Favre-Perret, Ed., Philadelphia Exhibition 1876, Report to the Federal High Council translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 177KB.

Engler, Edmund A., Time-Keeping in London, Adobe Acrobat 3.1MB.

David, Jacques, American and Swiss Watchmaking in 1876 translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 4.8MB.

Crespe, François, Essay on Repeater Watches translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 2.4MB.

Camus, C.E.L., A Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels from Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 6.0MB.

Buffat, Eugene, History and Design of the Roskopf Watch translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 2.4MB.

Borsendorff, L, The History of a Watch translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 222KB.

Bond, Richard F, Bond's Isodynamic Escapement transcribed by David M MacMillan.

Blakey, William The Art of Making Watch Mainsprings, Repeater Springs and Balance Springs translated by Richard Watkins, Adobe Acrobat 1.3MB.

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Berthoud, Ferdinand & Auch, Jacob, How to Make a Verge Watch translated by Richard Watkins and E.J.Beckett, Edmund Lord Grimthorpe, A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks, Watches and Bells from The Gutenberg Project, Adobe Acrobat 3.2MB.

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Airy, George Biddell, On the Vibration of a Free Pendulum in an Oval differing little from a Straight Line from Denis Roegel, Adobe Acrobat 290K.

Airy, George Biddell, On the Forms of the Teeth of Wheels from Denis Roegel, Adobe Acrobat 2.6MB.

Airy, George Biddell, On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, and on the Theory of Escapements from David M MacMillan and Gordon Uber.

Anonymous, Watch and Clock Escapements from The Gutenberg Project, 5MB.

Sources for Fabrication of Movement Parts.

Estimated Mainspring Length and Thickness.

Sources for Case, Dial, & Tablet Restoration.

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