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Pendulums and Pinions: Horology's Secrets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Base structures supporting intricate gearwork assemblies
- 3. Base substance—brass, steel often—shaping clock components
- 7. Oscillating wheel critical in portable timepieces akin to pendulums
- 8. Braided threads powering some historic spring mechanisms
- 9. Small metal pins anchoring wheels in place
Down
- 2. Decorative intricate engraved patterns often on clock faces
- 4. Controls release of energy in tick-tock rhythm
- 5. Structural plates holding arbors and wheels firmly
- 6. Precision measure of a clock’s internal movement craftsmanship
- 10. Axles on which wheels revolve inside clockworks
- 11. Tool used to hollow metal components during fabrication
- 12. Cam shaping step sequences to control striking count
- 13. Cast metal rods signaling the hour’s chime
- 14. Early anchor-like regulator with pallets interacting with a crown wheel
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