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• In general order of accuracy, these methods include a piezoelectric accelerometer, a coiled spring mechanism, and a hairspring mechanism. The Small Change Diet
• Watches with hairspring wheels work in a similar way. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
• In most cases they used a long extension of the hairspring and pinned it to the base of the balance cock.
• The curb pins on the regulator must be adjusted so that the hairspring hits them when it is supposed to.
• Pendleton asked Hamilton if he wanted the hairspring set a hairspring is a mechanism that would give the trigger a much lighter touch. Alexander Hamilton, American
• When the spring is released current ceases to flow in the coil allowing the hairspring to return the balance.
• The two hairsprings are offset at 180 degrees to provide optimal balance, better regulation, easy adjustment, improved stability and greater precision.
• When he thought about it, however, he decided that, of course, the criminalist had indeed ordered it taken apart, down to the last hairspring and jewel, for the forensics team but then had it reassembled perfectly. The Burning Wire
• This oscillation is not exactly a parallel to the balance wheel and hairspring of a clockwork watch, but the fact is that both use oscillations to keep track of passing time.
• Man-made clocks work on timescales that are very short by evolutionary standards – hours, minutes, seconds – and the time-dependent processes they use are fast: the swinging of a pendulum, the swivelling of a hairspring, the oscillation of a crystal, the burning of a candle, the draining of a water vessel or an hourglass, the rotation of the earth registered by a sundial. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH