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R. Austin Freeman. Mr. Polton Explains
Mr. Polton Explains
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS BY MR. POLTON
PART I. THE ANTECEDENTS
I. THE YOUNG HOROLOGIST
II. THE PICKPOCKET'S LEAVINGS
III. OUT OF THE NEST
IV. THE INNOCENT ACCESSORY
V. MR. PARRISH
VI. FICKLE FORTUNE
VII. INTRODUCES A KEY AND A CALENDAR
VIII. MR. PARRISH REMEMBERS
IX. STORM AND SUNSHINE
PART II. THE CASE OF MOXDALE DECEASED. Narrated by Christopher Jervis, M.D
X. FIRE
XI. THE RUINS
XII. LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY
XIII. THE FACTS AND THE VERDICT
XIV. A VISIT FROM INSPECTOR BLANDY
XV. POLTON ON THE WAR PATH
XVI. POLTON ASTONISHES THE INSPECTOR
XVII. FURTHER SURPRISES
XVIII. THORNDYKE ADMINISTERS A SHOCK
XIX. THE EVIDENCE REVIEWED
THE END
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R. Austin Freeman
Published by Good Press, 2022
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This was quite a discovery. Now I understood what kept the pendulum swinging and what was cause of the tick; but, more than this, I now had a clear idea as to the function of the pendulum as the regulator of the whole movement. As to the rest of the mechanism, there was little to discover. I had already noticed the ratchet and pawl connected with the pulley, and now, when I drew the chain through, the reason why it moved freely in the one direction and was held immovable in the other was perfectly obvious; and this made clear the action of the weight in driving the clock.
There remained the group of wheels in the narrow space behind the dial. From their position they were less easy to examine, but when I turned the minute-hand and set them in motion, their action was quite easy to follow. There were three wheels and one small pinion, and when I moved the hand round they all turned. But not in the same direction. One wheel and the pinion turned in the opposite direction to the hand, while the other two wheels, a large one and a much smaller one, turned with the hand; and as the large one moved very slowly, being driven by the little pinion, whereas the small one turned at the same speed as the hand, I concluded that the small wheel belonged to the minute-hand, while the large wheel turned the hour-hand. And at this I had to leave it, since the actual connections could not be ascertained without taking the clock to pieces.
