the timepiece, by turning a knob or key, stores energy in the mainspring by twisting the spiral tighter. The force of the mainspring then turns the clock's...

The Mainspring is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Ben F. Wilson, Wilbur Higby and Francelia Billington. Ben F. Wilson...

firearms, the mainspring is a spring in the firing mechanism which stores the energy required to ignite the primer of the cartridge. The mainspring may be...

automatic, is a mechanical watch where the natural motion of the wearer provides energy to wind the mainspring, making manual winding unnecessary if worn...

Mainspring gauges were used to measure the sizes of watch mainsprings so that replacement springs could be ordered from a supply house. Mainsprings are...

to an atomic clock via radio waves. A mechanical watch is driven by a mainspring which must be wound either periodically by hand or via a self-winding...

the secondary lever is withdrawn from its position and the strong pull of the mainspring pushes the unsupported main sear back into the lock and the wheel...

Mainspring is the third novel from writer Jay Lake. It is a clockpunk science fiction novel. This novel is followed by the 2008 sequel Escapement and the...

which twists the mainspring tighter. Then the force of the mainspring turns the clockwork gears, until the stored energy is used up. The adjectives wind-up...

or chain attached to the mainspring barrel of antique mechanical watches and clocks. It was used from the 15th century to the early 20th century to improve...

The Mainspring of Human Progress, by Henry Grady Weaver, is a libertarian history book published in 1947 by Talbot Books. In 1953, the Foundation for Economic...

eliminates the need for a crank or linkage to convert a reciprocating motion to a rotary motion in order to drive a rotary generator. Mainspring Energy's...

produced: The Spanish lock, where the mainspring pushed up on the heel of the cock foot and the two sears engaged the toe of the cock foot, and the Italian...

single leaf mainspring of the Lusitanian gun prototypes, which can be found in Ceylon, the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and Vietnam, and the other has a...

an octavariant alloy important in watchmaking, used primarily for the mainspring. The name was registered as a trademark in 1957 by Reinhard Straumann...

and which are regarded as the first watches. Many sources also erroneously credit him as the inventor of the mainspring. Henlein grew up in Nuremberg...

and the spiral spring expands, winding the mainspring. This motion constantly winds the mainspring. A temperature variation of only one degree in the range...

highest), the full length of the chain is wrapped around the fusee and the force of the mainspring is exerted on the smallest diameter portion of the fusee...

spring called the mainspring, which provides power to run the timepiece. The barrel turns on an arbor (axle). The spring is hooked to the barrel at its...

in the case of pendulum clocks, the pendulum and driving weights. The movement is made of the following components: Power source Either a mainspring, or...

mechanical alarm clock, the energy in the mainspring causes a balance wheel to rotate back and forth. Each swing of the wheel releases the gear train to move...

was the first outside investor in Facebook. As of July 2024[update], Thiel had an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion and was ranked 212th on the Bloomberg...

The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist Murray Rothbard. The founding of the...

to mop the mainspring, ignoring several warning signs. He gets the mop caught and springs it loose. Meanwhile, Mickey, now cleaning inside the clock,...

winding a mainspring which turned gears and then moved the hands; it kept time with a rotating balance wheel. In the 1960s the invention of the quartz watch...

Until the no. 10,000 the V-shaped mainspring was standard and then replaced with a flat leaf mainspring and a wheel on the hammer at its bearing on the mainspring...

minutes'". Sify. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2011. Burke, S. M (1974). Mainsprings of Indian and Pakistani Foreign...

cam mechanism used in some of the earliest antique spring-driven clocks and watches to even out the force of the mainspring, to improve timekeeping accuracy...

claimed that the Reformation served as the mainspring of the entire European witch-hunt.(...) It would be unwise, however, to attribute the entire European...

gave rise to the scientific method, the scientific revolution, and the Age of Enlightenment. While traditionally shunned as a mainspring of Western civilization...