Section 03 · 4 entries
The Train
The train is arithmetic in brass. It divides oscillations down to seconds, minutes and hours, and it has to keep delivering while the power behind it changes.
Entries in this section
- Counting the BeatsGear ratios turning oscillations into seconds, minutes and hours. The arithmetic of a going train.
- Even Power From an Uneven SpringA mainspring pushes hardest when fully wound. The fusee and the remontoire as answers.
- Keeping It Going While You Wind ItThe small mechanism that stops the clock stopping during winding.
- Why There Are Rubies In ItHard bearings at the fastest pivots. What they actually reduce.