|Kelley's. | fish. |factory. +-----+--------------+gallons. | |Porpoise. | |Yes. |A heavy oil on| | | | | | clocks. | -------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+--------------+-------- Ingraham | | Rock. |Unsatis- | | | 12 Clock Co. |Porpoise. | Mixed. |factory. |Yes. | |gallons. | | | | | | -------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+--------------+-------- | | Stull's. | | | | Waterbury | Stull's. | Smith's. | None. |Yes. | | 15-20 Clock Co. | | Steven- | | | | gals. | | son's. | | | | -------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+--------------+-------- Wm. L. Gil- | | Nye's. | | | | bert Clock | Nye's. | Smith's. | | | | 10-12 Co. | |Kelley's. | | | | gals. | |Comstock's| | | | -------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+--------------+-------- [Note 1: Watch.] [Note 2: Regulator.] [Note 3: Tower Clock.] Then again some workmen leave the oil bottle standing open, which is obviously a very careless proceeding. The author has seen a bottle one quarter full of dust, the oil still being used from the top. When oil is to be placed in the oil-cup, it should be done by using a small, clean glass rod--kept for the purpose--and never poured out of the bottle. The oil cup should always have the cover on except when taking oil from it. Before it is refilled it should be very carefully cleaned. The oiler should be perfectly clean, that kind which has a hexagonal nut on the handle and a gold tip being very excellent. Some careless workmen wipe the oiler on the back of the hand, on the clothes, on a dirty rag, on an old chamois, etc. The tip of the oiler should never touch the hand or fingers, as the acids in the perspiration are sure to cause a bad effect on the oil. The following is a list of "oilers" which the author has seen used:--Peg wood, broom straw, quill, toothpick, match-stick, screw driver, tweezers, rat-tail file, piece of copper wire, horse-shoe nail, steel pen. If dust be on the bench paper, or in the movement tray, the pivots will surely transfer some of it to the bearings when the wheels are being put to place. The scape-wheel, mainspring and other parts, the rubbing surfaces of which may come in contact with the fingers, should be so handled as to allow no perspiration to become deposited on any surface which may afterwards require oiling, as the acids contained in the perspiration will exert an injurious effect on the oil.