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CHICAGO: The Jewelers' Publishing Co. 1884. 5^^ .Q'' year 18S3. by Entered accovdinR to Act of Congress, in the C. C. PIEBCE, at Washington. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, PREFACE |fi[E DETACHED LEVER ESCAPEMENT forms one of the most interesting and important subjects for study in the whole range of the horological art, and is at the same time one of the most ditticult to treat fully, com- preliensively, and in such manner as to be easily understood. Realizing the paramount impdrtance to the work- ing watchmalier of a thorough comprehension of tlie Detached Lever Escapement, the principles of its construc- tion, the relation of its several parts and the methods of calculation Ijy which its relative proportions may be varied to produce certain results, the subscribers to the Prize Fund of the British Horological Institute resolved, in tlie month of January, 1864, that its first prize should be offered for the best treatise on this sul)j(jct. 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