1) Big match 2) Colored warning flare 3) Drive 4) Explosive igniter 5) Friction match 6) Fusee drive 7) Large-headed match 8) Railroad flare 9) Railroad warning flare 10) Railway warning signal 11) Signal flare
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1) Flare 2) Fuze 3) Fuzee
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[horology] Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee is a cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 15th century to the early 20th century to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspri...
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[part of clock] Articles related to Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. ...
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spindle in a watch on which the chain is wound
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• (n.) A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar. • (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer. • (n.) A similar wheel used in other m...
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Coned-shaped device in clocks to even out the decreasing force of a going spring on unwinding. The device was invented c1500, used to the late 17thC in continental clocks and to c1750 in continental watches. In Britain its use in clocks and watches continued until c1880-1900.
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(from the article `watch`) ...greatly influenced by the force driving it, this problem was quite serious. Solution of the problem was advanced almost as soon as the mainspring ...
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An ingenious device which compensates for the declining force of a mainspring as it unwinds by automatically adjusting the gearing between the spring and the train as it runs. The spring-barrel is not directly geared to the rest of the movement. Â Instead, it pulls on one end of a fine chain whose o
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Coned-shaped device in clocks to even out the decreasing force of a going spring on unwinding. The device was invented c. 1500, used to the late 17thC in continental clocks and to c. 1750 in continental watches. In Britain its use in clocks and watches continued until c. 1880-1900. See also barrel and train.
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Fu·see' noun [ See 2d
Fusil , and confer
Fuse ,
noun ]
1. A flintlock gun. See 2d
Fusil . [ Obsolete]
2. A fuse. See
Fuse ,
noun 3. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
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A fusee is the cone or conical part of a mechanical watch or clock, around which is wound the chain or cord. It is a mechanical contrivance for equalizing the power of the mainspring; for as the action of a spring varies with its degree of tension, the power derived from the force of a spring requires to be modified according to circumstances befor...
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A pyrotechnic device similar to an automotive flare that is used for signalling.
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[
n] - a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
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Firefighters also use these colored flares to ignite fires in burnout operations.
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a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed. · a red flare light, used on a railroad as a warning signal to approaching trains. · a spirally grooved, conical pulley and chain arrangement for counteracting the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring. · fuse (def. 1).
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