Vintage book 1898 Antique Watch maker Jeweler tools CD Start Price USD 12.99 Current Price USD 12.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, December 01, 2008 End Time Monday, December 08, 2008 Location United States See more about 'Vintage book 1898 Antique Watch maker Jeweler tools CD' Description New Page 1    Item Description This Ebay listing is for the sale of a CD ROM title: American Watchmaker & Jeweler Reference. Sample images from this CD This is a CD edition containing scanned images in PDF format of  a Victorian era watchmaking  reference book. Originally compiled H Abbott in 1898. Contains 378 pages illustrated with 317 engravings in easy to view and print PDF file format. (If you are not familiar with PDF files, you will need to download a free pdf file reader from adobe .com in order to read a pdf file.) An encyclopedia for the Horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith. Containing hundreds of private receipts and formulas, compiled from the best and most reliable sources in the Victorian Era. Complete directions for using tools, attachments and devices for watchmakers and jewelers of that time.  Among other things contained in this publication may be mentioned a thorough explanation of adjustments, both to positions and isochronism; directions for making all the alloys used by a watchmaker, jeweler and metalworker; a review of all the escapements, their action, construction and proportion, together with diagrams of each escapement; an exhaustive treatise on balances, their expansion and contraction, auxiliaries, sizes and weights and direction for poising; the balance staff, and full and complete directions for making and replacing new staffs, together with the use of graver in turning and the manipulation of measuring instruments;   Directions for making twenty different cements of great value to the watchmaker and jeweler, including lathe wax.  Directions for cleansing, pickling and polishing all kinds of metals; magnetism and the use of various demagnetizers; electro-plating, bronzing and staining all metals; gauges of all kinds, and directions for using , soldering and directions for making all kinds of hard and soft solder and fluxes; steel, its treatment in annealing, hardening, tempering, etc.  Watch cleaning, repairing, etc  A treatise on wheels and inions; directions for using tools and appliances and hundreds of miscellaneous receipts, formulas and hints.    User friendly PDF file format, the CD ROM is Microsoft Windows as well as MAC compatible.  We carry many other watchmaking related CD titles, you can find it in our ebay store . Combined shipping discount available when you buy more than one CD title. After purchasing, please wait for us to send you a combined ebay invoice for the total amount due with the correct combined shipping discount.       Payment Method     Paypal: We prefer Paypal payment. This is the fastest way we can process your order and get your CD out to you. U.S. Postal Money Order: If you wish not to use Paypal, We also accept U. S. Postal Money Order. Please email us to let us know you will be sending payment in the mail.     Shipping Information     Shipping charge is a flat rate of $1.99 within the United States. Please allow about 7 days shipping time for USPS mail. If you buy multiple cds, we will combine shipping. Shipping charge for each additional cd is $0.50. International Shipping Charge : $2.99. Add $1.00 for each additional CD title.     Return Policy     If for whatever reason you need to return the cd you purchased, please email us to make arrangements for return of the cd within 7 days after you received the cd. We will refund your original purchase price, minus shipping charges, as soon as we received the returned item.   Please check out the other Rocketbrain products in my ebay store. Remember to request for combined shipping rate when you purchase more than one CD title.   Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.135.0 Place a Bid!