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NAWCC Bulletin
April 1997 Volume 39/2 Number 307
Table of Contents


ARTICLES

Modern Masterpieces of Horology, by Henry B. Fried147
The Transatlantic Cable and the Early Pioneers of the Electromagnetic Clock -Canada's Great Victorian Adventure, by Dr. Ian G.M. Cleator157
A Short Account of the Equation of Time, and the Directions for Adjusting Pendulum Clocks, by Charles K. Aked164
What Time Is It?, by Wilbur Pritchard167
Replacing Jewel Pins in American Brocot Visible Escapement Clocks, by David S. Goodman178
Pendulum Bob Configuration and Thermal Compensation, by Dr. George Feinstein181
Isochronism, by Jim Michaels187
Stanislaus Fournier, New Orleans Clock and Watch Maker, by J.M. Kinabrew, Jr.189
Clocks Whirling in the Sky, by Mel Kaye 193
More on Illinois Wristwatches, by Nahum H. Lewis199
Some Observations in the Restoration of the Japanned White Dial, by Astrid C. Donnellan201

FEATURES

The NAWCC Museum 

 206

Library News 

 207

In Memoriam-Jean Moreau 

 208

Research Activities and News 

 209

Call to Meeting 

 220

Executive Director's Digest 

 221

In Memoriam-Warren Parsley 

 221

Willard House and Clock Museum 

 222

NAWCC Program Listing 

 224

Design Contest for Monumental Timepiece 

 227

Necrology 

 228

The Railroaders' Corner 

 229

Book Reviews 

 232

The Answer Box 

 234

Timely Voices 

 239

Chapter Highlights 

 246

Chapter Officers 

 270

National Officers and Staff 

 272

Dates to Remember 

 Cover 3

About the Cover

On the front cover, Gerhard Hutter's skeleton orrery clock, which was donated to the NAWCC Museum by D. Gilbert Lehrman of Arizona, won the first prize for excellence in workmanship in the 1984 NAWCC Crafts Contest. See p. 152 and Pat Tomes Museum column, p. 206, for further descriptive information. Photo by Sig Bokalders, Boynton Beach, Florida

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