balance spring
Origin of balance spring
1First recorded in 1880–85
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How to use balance spring in a sentence
The balance-spring is attached at its outer end to a fixed stud R, and at its inner end to staff of balance.
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out | Fred T. HodgsonThis balance compensates both for its own expansion and contraction, and that of the balance-spring.
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out | Fred T. Hodgson
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