The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... common pendulum are ; thirdly , because there was always some friction or adhesion between the cheeks and the string ; and fourthly ( a reason which applies equally to all the isochronous contrivances since invented ) , because a common ...
... common pendulum are ; thirdly , because there was always some friction or adhesion between the cheeks and the string ; and fourthly ( a reason which applies equally to all the isochronous contrivances since invented ) , because a common ...
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... common dead escapement , but FIG . 8. - Denison's Three - Legged with a pressure as much less than Escapement . from the centre of the wheel than the impulse pins are . But the impulse is here given with so little friction , that even ...
... common dead escapement , but FIG . 8. - Denison's Three - Legged with a pressure as much less than Escapement . from the centre of the wheel than the impulse pins are . But the impulse is here given with so little friction , that even ...
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... common striking - part fly , and should be as long as there is room for , length being much more effective than width . For this purpose the second wheel arbor is shortened and set in a cock fixed on the front plate of the clock , which ...
... common striking - part fly , and should be as long as there is room for , length being much more effective than width . For this purpose the second wheel arbor is shortened and set in a cock fixed on the front plate of the clock , which ...
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... common English house clock with the face taken off , showing the repeating or rack striking movement . Here , as in fig . 1 , M is the hour- wheel , on the pipe of which the minute - hand is set , N the reversed hour - wheel , and n its ...
... common English house clock with the face taken off , showing the repeating or rack striking movement . Here , as in fig . 1 , M is the hour- wheel , on the pipe of which the minute - hand is set , N the reversed hour - wheel , and n its ...
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... common one , except that it touches two slight contact springs a , b alternately , and so closes the circuit on one side and leaves it broken on the other . When that pendulum touches a the B battery does nothing , and the current from ...
... common one , except that it touches two slight contact springs a , b alternately , and so closes the circuit on one side and leaves it broken on the other . When that pendulum touches a the B battery does nothing , and the current from ...
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