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- Geometry and Mechanical Design
- Huygens, the Pendulum, and the Cycloid by Alan Emmerson, MSWord 3.0 MB
- Die Kunst mit Pendel- und Taschenuhren umzugehen und sie zu regulirn by Ferdinand Berthoud, 1759 [On the Art of Clocks and Watches and their Regulation] pdf 7.8MB
- Horologium by Christiaan Huygens, 1658 [The Timepiece] translated into English by Ernest L Edwardes, PDF 40K
- A journey into the inside of a mechanical clock/watch by Volker Vyskocil
- Designing Cycloidal Gears by Hugh Sparks
- Spur Gears, from Notes on Design and Analysis of Machine Elements by Douglas Wright
- Helicoidal Milling from Lycée du Pays de Soule Cheraute
- Gearing - why clock and watch gears are designed as they are by Mark Headrick
- Also see How Timepieces Work
- Escapements
- Clock and Watch Escapement Mechanics, by Mark Headrick, Adobe Acrobat 1 MB
- Escapements in Motion from Mark Headrick - animations of clock/watch escapements
- Daniel's Double Wheel Watch Escapement
- Daniel's Coaxial Watch Escapement
- Swiss Lever Watch Escapement
- English Lever Watch Escapement
- Cylinder Watch Escapement
- Duplex Watch Escapement
- Chronometer Clock (or Watch) Escapement
- Graham Clock Escapement
- Recoil Clock Escapement
- Brocot Clock Escapement
- Pin Wheel Clock Escapement
- Gravity Clock Escapement
- Grasshopper Clock Escapement
- A Modified Clock Escapement
- Another Modified Clock Escapement
- The Origin and Evolution of the Anchor Clock Escapement by Mark Headrick, Adobe Acrobat 1.1MB
- Animated Escapements by Volker Vyskocil
- Recoil Escapements
- Brocot Escapement
- Metal Strip Type Of Anchor Escapement
- Tic-Tac Escapement
- Frictional Rest Escapements
- Duplex Escapement
- Graham Escapement
- Cylinder Escapement
- Detached Escapements
- Glashuetten Lever Escapement
- Lever Escapement by Hugo Mueller
- Swiss Lever Escapement
- Spring Detent Escapement
- Echappement naturel
- Extra Flat Co-Axial Escapement
- Gravity Escapement
- Haldimann Escapement
- Dual-Direct Escapement
- Pin Pallet Escapement
- Strasser Escapement
- Geometry of the Verge and Crown Wheel Escapement by Alan Emmerson, MSWord 133 KB
- Inverted Sulley Escapement from Martin Ridout
- Multi-Escapement Timepieces by Ron DeCorte
- On a New Clock-Escapement by Richard F Bond, 1860, from David M MacMillan
- Clock and Watch Escapements, drawing of numerous types for quick comparison
- Pendulums and Power Sources
- Huygens' Clocks - Modern Experiments, by Bennett, Schatz, Rockwood, Wiesenfeld
- The Pendulum Lab by Franz-Josef Elmer, a virtual laboratory where you can do hands-on experiments at rigid pendula
- MyPhysicsLab - Simple Pendulum
- Unrestrained Simple Pendulum on Rotating Earth by Alan Emmerson, MSWord 381 KB
- Some Mathematics of Cantilever Pendulum by Alan Emmerson, Adobe Acrobat 785 KB
- Various Pendulum Equations from Georgia State University
- On the Disturbances of Pendulums and Balances, and on the Theory of Escapements by George Biddell Airy, 1886, from David M MacMillan and Gordon Uber
- Impulsing the Pendulum: Escapement Error by George Feinstein
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Of A Clock Escapement by Dr. Eng. Gianni Petrangeli, Adobe Acrobat 26.5 MB
- Mathematical Models of Water Clocks by Jennifer Goodenow, Richard Orr, David Ross
- Also see Calculators for common horological applications on the Repair methodology page
- Time and Frequency Standards and Measurement
- The Allan Variance - Clock algorithm in the generation of international time
- Chip Scale Atomic Clocks
- Measurement Systems Tutorial by D.A. Howe, D.W. Allan, and J.A. Barnes of the NIST
- The Time and Frequency Division of NIST
- The Effects of Motion and Gravity on Clocks and an Examination of the Twin Paradox by Curt Renshaw
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