表的每一部分都是由他亲手制作，没有使用任何外来的零件——螺钉、弹簧、杠杆、托盘和齿轮、指针以及简洁但是有无数刻度的钟面。

He made the screws, the springs and the levers, the pallets and gears, the hands and the plain, often numberless dials.

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科学家们认为这根鹿角是为了制作工艺品而被选择并猎捕的，可能是延续数年的仪式中的一部分。

The scientists believe the elk was selected and killed on purpose to make the object, which may have served a role in rituals for many years.

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所以，瑞士的钟表制作业对他的同轴式擒纵机构既不感兴趣也不能理解，这也是他意料之中的事，尽管他还是为此十分失望。

So it was no surprise to him, though keenly disappointing, that the Swiss watchmaking industry was neither eager to look at the co-axial escapement, nor able to understand it.

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