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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2022-2 April 2022</h2>


<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2022-1 January 2022</h2>


<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2021-5 December 2021</h2>


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<td>2 - 26</td>

<td>The Robertson Regulator by John Haine</td>

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<td>17 - 21</td>

<td>Looking to confirm with old published experimental data a novel model of Harrison&rsquo;s Cheeks-and-Ribbon pendulum suspension by Andrea De Marchi</td>

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<td>22 -27</td>

<td>Spectral Analysis of Pendulum clocks (Tides, part 6) by Tom Van Baak</td>

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<td>28</td>

<td>Time to renew</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2021-4 September 2021</h2>


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<td>2 - 7</td>

<td>Harrison&#39;s Cheeks&amp;Ribbon pendulum suspension greatly differs from a flexure-spring by Andrea De Marchi</td>

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<td>8 - 24</td>

<td>Escapement modeling with Working Model 2D by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<td>24</td>

<td>The HSN and BHM website is moving!</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2021-3 June 2021</h2>


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<td>2 - 16</td>

<td>How good is Airy? by Andrew Millington</td>

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<td>17 - 46</td>

<td>A New Method for Modelling Escapement Action by Systems Engineering Techniques by J.B. Edwards</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2021-2 April 2021</h2>


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<td>2 - 4</td>

<td>Is there an optimum pendulum amplitude? by John Haine</td>

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<td>5 - 22</td>

<td>State-Transition Modelling of the Grasshopper Escapement by J. B. Edwards</td>

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<td>23-26</td>

<td>How precise are opto-interrupters? By John Haine</td>

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<td>27</td>

<td>A Modern Version of Warren&rsquo;s Master Clock by A. Prasil</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2021-1 February 2021</h2>


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<td>2 - 22</td>

<td>Clock B &ndash; Amplitude Response to Changing Pressure and Temperature by Andrew Millington and John Haine</td>

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<td>23 - 25</td>

<td>Douglas Bateman&#39;s &quot;Timekeeping: a Lifetime&#39;s Interest in Horology&quot; a Review by Tom Van Baak</td>

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<td>26</td>

<td>Response to Thomas Frank about Feral Clocks by Richard Lamoureux</td>

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<td>27</td>

<td>Duncan Agnew &ndash; Data for: Tidal Gravity Variations Measured by a Fedchenko AChF-3 Precise Pendulum Clock</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2020-5 November 2020</h2>


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<td>2 - 10</td>

<td>Measuring and Analysing a new Clock &ndash; Part 1 by John Haine</td>

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<td>11 - 14</td>

<td>Domesticating a feral clock, part1 by Thomas Frank</td>

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<td>15 - 34</td>

<td>Airy (et al) v. State-Transition Approaches to Escapement Modeling: An Attempt at Reconciliation by J.B. Edwards</td>

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<td>35</td>

<td>Renewal reminder</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2020-4 September 2020</h2>


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<td>1</td>

<td>Correction to &ldquo;The Tangent Rule in Practice&rdquo; by Pepi Cima</td>

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<td>2 - 11</td>

<td>Just How Good was Fedchenko&rsquo;s Clock? by Duncan Agnew</td>

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<td>12 - 29</td>

<td>Recoil Escapement Modelling by State-Transition by J.B. Edwards</td>

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<td>30 - 31</td>

<td>Postscript by J.B. Edwards</td>

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<td>32</td>

<td>Bob Mathys &ndash; Obituary by Tracy Christenson</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2020-3 July 2020</h2>


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<td>2 - 13</td>

<td>Contact microphone devices for mechanical watches by S. R. Thackery</td>

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<td>14 - 28</td>

<td>Continued Examination of the Tangent Rule and its Development for Rectangular Escapement Pulses by John Edwards</td>

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<td>29 - 30</td>

<td>Comments on JB Edwards paper on mathematical modelling by Douglas Bateman</td>

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<td>31</td>

<td>An Unusual Pendulum and a Plea for Help by Price Russ</td>

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<td>32</td>

<td>Harrison Decoded by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m + note from John Edwards</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2020-2 May 2020</h2>


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<td>2 - 20</td>

<td>Nonlinearity as an essential component in the Modelling of the Assisted Pendulum by J. B. Edwards</td>

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<td>21 - 24</td>

<td>The Tangent Rule in Practice by Pepi Cima</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2020-1 February 2020</h2>


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<td>2 - 7</td>

<td>Further Historical Performance of Precision Pendulum Clocks by M. K. Hobden</td>

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<td>8 - 21</td>

<td>Verge &amp; Foliot Escapement Experiments by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<td>22 - 24</td>

<td>An Electrical Engineer Looks at a Watch &ndash; Brief Notes on a Lecture by Prof. Gerald Sussman by David MacMillan</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2019-5 December 2019</h2>


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<td>2 - 9</td>

<td>A Note on Precision Pendulum Clocks and Allan Deviation by M. K. Hobden</td>

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<td>10 - 32</td>

<td>State-Transition Models for Simulating Nonlinear Horological and Related Systems: Two Case Studies by J. B. Edwards</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2019-4 October 2019</h2>


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<td>2 - 12</td>

<td>Graham White&rsquo;s Epicyclic Trilogy Introduction</td>

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<td>13 - 25</td>

<td>Electrically Reset Gravity Escapement Clock by Ian Richardson</td>

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<td>26 - 32</td>

<td>A Polish Precision Clock by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2019-2 &amp; 3 August 2019</h2>


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<td>2</td>

<td>Foreword to three papers on &lsquo;A Role for the Computer in Horological Science&rsquo; J. B. Edwards</td>

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<td>3 - 24</td>

<td>#1 - A Role for the Computer in Horological Science? A Case Study in Escapement Theory by J. B Edwards</td>

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<td>25 - 42</td>

<td>#2 - A Role for the Computer in Horological Science? A Case Study in Escapement Theory: Amplitude Considerations by J. B. Edwards</td>

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<td>43 - 53</td>

<td>#3 - A Role for the Computer in Horological Science? A Digest of a Case Study in Escapement Theory by J.B. Edwards</td>

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<td>54 - 55</td>

<td>Appendix 1: State- &amp; Driving- Transition Matrix Elements by J. B. Edwards</td>

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<td>46 - 58</td>

<td>Appendix 2: Improved Euler Approximation for State-Transition Coefficient determination by J.B. Edwards</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2019-1 May 2019</h2>


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<td>2</td>

<td>The state of HSN by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<td>3 - 6</td>

<td>A visit to Father O&rsquo;Leary&rsquo;s Clock by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<td>7 - 27</td>

<td>Father O&rsquo;Leary&rsquo;s Free Pendulum Revised Set Up Instructions by Pierre Boucheron 1991 &amp; 1994</td>

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<td>28 - 32</td>

<td>Multi-variant Regression Analysis of Horological Data using R by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2018-5 December 2018</h2>


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<td>2 - 10</td>

<td>Another Look at the SH41 Data by Duncan Carr Agnew</td>

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<td>11 - 13</td>

<td>Masters, Servants, Countwheels, and a new Artificial Clockmaker by Duncan Carr Agnew</td>

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<td>14 - 27</td>

<td>A Pendulum Powered by The Earth&rsquo;s Centrifugal Force Part I: Theory by C. Stuart Kelley</td>

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<td>28</td>

<td>Please note that subscriptions for 2019 are now due by David Spong</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2018-4 September 2018</h2>


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<td>2 - 10</td>

<td>Clock Hydrodynamics&ndash;Part II: Determination of the model constants and comments on Clock B by Douglas S. Drumheller</td>

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<td>11 - 12</td>

<td>Clock XI0 by Douglas S. Drumheller</td>

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<td>13 - 26</td>

<td>Pendulum and sensor experiments &ndash; A work in progress by Bob Holmstr&ouml;m</td>

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<td>28</td>

<td>Please note that subscriptions for 2019 are now due by David Spong</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2018-3 July 2018</h2>


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<td>2 - 12</td>

<td>Clock Hydrodynamics&ndash;Part I: My Two Clocks &amp; John Harrison&rsquo;s Tin Whistle by Douglas S. Drumheller</td>

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<td>13 - 18</td>

<td>On Compound Pendulums Suspended From Circular Chops by John Haine and Andrew Millington</td>

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<td>19 - 21</td>

<td>Involute gearing by Henry Casson</td>

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<td>22</td>

<td>Comments from the editor</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2018-2 April 2018</h2>


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<td>2 - 43</td>

<td>Theory of the Verge &amp; Foliot Clock of the Early Medieval Age By Dieter Roess</td>

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<td>44</td>

<td>Dieter Roess Biography</td>

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<h2>HOROLOGICAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER - NAWCC CHAPTER #161<br />

Issue 2018-1 March 2018</h2>


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<td>2 - 5</td>

<td>Mathematics of a Coaxial Watch Escapement, An Introduction for Horological Science Newsletter by Dr. Eng. Gianni Petrangeli</td>

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<td>6 - 8</td>

<td>Philip Woodward Obituary</td>

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<td>9</td>

<td>Graham White Obituary</td>

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<td>10 - 11</td>

<td>Graham White book project</td>

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<td>12</td>

<td>New books Betts - Marine Chronometers - Frumer - Making Time</td>

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