The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... arbor K , which is prolonged into the winding square coming up to the face . or dial of the clock ; the dial is here shown as fixed either by small screws x , or by a socket and pin z , to the prolonged pillars p , p , which ( 4 or 5 in ...
... arbor K , which is prolonged into the winding square coming up to the face . or dial of the clock ; the dial is here shown as fixed either by small screws x , or by a socket and pin z , to the prolonged pillars p , p , which ( 4 or 5 in ...
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... arbor of the centre wheel . Behind this wheel is a bent spring which is ( or ought to be ) set on the same arbor with a square hole ( not a round one as it sometimes is ) in the middle , so that it must turn with the arbor ; the wheel ...
... arbor of the centre wheel . Behind this wheel is a bent spring which is ( or ought to be ) set on the same arbor with a square hole ( not a round one as it sometimes is ) in the middle , so that it must turn with the arbor ; the wheel ...
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... arbor a good deal higher above the scape - wheel , and giv- ing a small number of teeth to the wheel ; and that also diminishes the length of the run of the teeth , and consequently the friction , on the pallets , though it makes the ...
... arbor a good deal higher above the scape - wheel , and giv- ing a small number of teeth to the wheel ; and that also diminishes the length of the run of the teeth , and consequently the friction , on the pallets , though it makes the ...
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... arbor . The disc turns half round at every beat of the pendulum , and the pin gives the impulse on the vertical faces of the pallets , and the dead friction takes place on the horizontal faces . Its advantages are - that the greatest ...
... arbor . The disc turns half round at every beat of the pendulum , and the pin gives the impulse on the vertical faces of the pallets , and the dead friction takes place on the horizontal faces . Its advantages are - that the greatest ...
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... arbor of which de- scends the half fork CP to touch the pendulum . From the other pallet CB descends the other half fork CO . The two arbors are set as near the point of suspension , or top of the pendulum spring , as B possible . The ...
... arbor of which de- scends the half fork CP to touch the pendulum . From the other pallet CB descends the other half fork CO . The two arbors are set as near the point of suspension , or top of the pendulum spring , as B possible . The ...
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