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Definition of Hairsprings
1. hairspring [n] - See also: hairspring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairsprings
Literary usage of Hairsprings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of America by Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Handy, Charles Higgins (1906)
"It is admitted that the coiling of hairsprings seems to be susceptible of no
marked improvement in processes of production. A notable device for forming and ..."
2. Electrical Engineering for Electric Light and Power Artisans and Students by William Slingo, Arthur Brooker, T. F. Wall (1908)
"This coil is delicately pivoted at each end, and the inner ends of a pair of
hairsprings are attached to the upper and lower ends of the coil, ..."
3. American Watchmaker and Jeweler: An Encyclopedia for the Horologist, Jeweler by George Henry Abbott Hazlitt (1898)
"Upon this disc are placed two guard pins which prevent the uncoiling of the
hairsprings. At suitable points in the plate M, are placed two banking pins ..."
4. Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of by Oscar Wilder Underwood (1913)
"The subscriber began the manufacture of hairsprings for clocks and watches ...
Prior to the establishment of my business all the hairsprings used for the ..."
5. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"A novel method of making hairsprings for balances was invented by Mr. Logan, ...
This is said to be a very efficient and cheap mode of making hairsprings. ..."
6. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"A novel method of making hairsprings for balances was invented by Mr. Logan, ...
This is said to be « very efficient and cheap mode of making hairsprings. ..."
7. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1893 by Committee on Awards, World's Columbian Commission, United States (1901)
"were a vibrator and accessor}' instruments for timing hairsprings and balances;
... The Breguet form of hairsprings used are constructed by a new method. ..."
8. Old Tales and Modern Ideals: A Series of Talks to High School Students by John Herbert Phillips (1905)
"... is made into a high grade of needles, these needles will sell in the market
for one hundred thousand dollars; if it is made into hairsprings for watches ..."
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