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Balance spring

A balance spring, or hairspring, is a spring attached to the balance wheel in mechanical timepieces. It causes the balance wheel to oscillate with a resonant frequency when the timepiece is running, which controls the speed at which the wheels of the timepiece turn, thus the rate of movement of the hands. A regulator lever is often fitted, which can be…

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Balance spring

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Triples63
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
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Balance spring

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related to history · 17
Balance spring → Barrow, Before, British, Christiaan Huygens, Dutch, Hooke, Huygens, Huygens's, In, Isaac II Thuret, Joseph Bosley, Priority, Robert Hooke, The, There, Thomas Tompion, Tompion
related to Material · 13
Balance spring → Dent, Early, Great Clock, Hairsprings, Hardened, Houses, In, John Arnold, John Harrison, Other, Parliament, Some, This
related to Isochronism · 10
Balance spring → Another, Arnold, Early, For, He, Hooke's, In, Phillips, This, When
related to Effect of temperature · 7
Balance spring → For, Harrison, Hooke, Huygens, Longitude Act, The, While
related to Elinvar · 7
Balance spring → Around, Charles, Guillaume, The, This, Various, While
related to Period of oscillation · 4
Balance spring → Hooke's, Its, Newton's, The
related to Regulator · 4
Balance spring → In, Instead, Moving, The
is a · 1
Balance spring → essential adjunct to the balance wheel

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Balance springis aessential adjunct to the balance wheel0.90text
Balance springrelated to Effect of temperatureThe0.60section
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Balance springrelated to Effect of temperatureHuygens0.60section
Balance springrelated to Effect of temperatureHarrison0.60section
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Balance springrelated to Effect of temperatureLongitude Act0.60section
Balance springrelated to ElinvarWhile0.60section
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Balance springrelated to ElinvarAround0.60section

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