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...
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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...
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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...
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automatic, is a mechanical watch where the natural motion of the wearer provides energy to wind the mainspring, making manual winding unnecessary if worn...
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Mainspring gauges were used to measure the sizes of watch mainsprings so that replacement springs could be ordered from a supply house. Mainsprings are...
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Mechanical watch (section Mainspring and motion work)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Linear alternator (redirect from Mainspring (generator company))
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...
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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...
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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...
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an octavariant alloy important in watchmaking, used primarily for the mainspring. The name was registered as a trademark in 1957 by Reinhard Straumann...
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Peter Henlein (section Mainspring)
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...
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and the spiral spring expands, winding the mainspring. This motion constantly winds the mainspring. A temperature variation of only one degree in the range...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Peter Thiel (redirect from The Diversity Myth)
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...
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The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist Murray Rothbard. The founding of the...
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to mop the mainspring, ignoring several warning signs. He gets the mop caught and springs it loose. Meanwhile, Mickey, now cleaning inside the clock,...
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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...
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Colt Dragoon Revolver (category Revolvers of the United States)
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...
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History of India (1947–present) (redirect from History of the republic of india)
minutes'". Sify. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2011. Burke, S. M (1974). Mainsprings of Indian and Pakistani Foreign...
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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...
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Inquisition (redirect from The Inquisition)
claimed that the Reformation served as the mainspring of the entire European witch-hunt.(...) It would be unwise, however, to attribute the entire European...
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Western world (redirect from The Occident)
gave rise to the scientific method, the scientific revolution, and the Age of Enlightenment. While traditionally shunned as a mainspring of Western civilization...
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