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Clock
Any instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.
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Seat board
Chronometry; Clock
The wooden board to which the movement of a longcase clock is attached by two screws through the lower movement pillars in London-made and other good-quality clocks, and by J-bolts in provincial ...
Screwplate
Chronometry; Clock
A flat piece of hardened tool steel with various-sized drilled and tapped holes for producing screw threads on metal rods, up to about 1/4 in. In diameter. The holes are often in pairs or sets of ...
Screwhead
Chronometry; Clock
This tool is held in a bench vice and has support bearings for a spindle which is rotated by rolling the hand over its knurled or octagonal body. It is furnished with a range of large and small brass ...
Screwed plates
Chronometry; Clock
Occasionally clocks are found in which the pillars are screwed into the clock backplate, rather than riveted. This makes cleaning the clock much easier. Modern clocks usually have the pillars ...
Screwdriver
Chronometry; Clock
Usually, a steel blade and handle with a thin flat driving element which engages in the slot or other recess of the screw. Recently, specially shaped recesses in screws to fit special screwdrivers ...
Screw stocks
Chronometry; Clock
A tool in the form of nutcracker pliers, with jaws adjusted by means of a set screw and nut, and a number of screw-forming holes between the jaws. Also means a tool in which split-screw dies are ...