It is of the greatest interest to our theme that the Islamic contributions to horology and perpetual motion seem to form a closely knit corpus.
In addition to those already mentioned we find the otherwise mysterious "peacock, man and monkey," cited as parts of the jackwork of astronomical clocks of Islam, associated with the weight drive so essential to the later horology in Europe.
In the first period a crowd of skilled scientific clockmakers followed each other in rapid succession and brought the art of horology to perfection.
The Special Advantages of Mineral Oils~ as lubricants in horology are: 1.
Their application inhorology will be discussed in another part of this volume.
The Friction Of Fluids~ in horologyis of grave importance.
As but little~ is to be found on the subject in the literature accessible to most of the craft, a few remarks concerning the source and general methods of refining the oils used in horology will, no doubt, be of interest.
Before we take up the details of drawing an escapement we will say a few words about "degrees," as this seems to be something difficult to understand by most pupils in horology when learning to draw parts of watches to scale.
We present it to the trade and students of horology happy in the knowledge that its contents have already received their approval.
In the Horology are contained calendars of the Saints for every day with prayers; this portion of the Horology is called the Menology.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "horology" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
