fusee
Example Sentences
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The importance of the fusee should not be underestimated: it made possible the development of the portable clock as well as the subsequent evolution of the pocket watch.
From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011
Thus, the fusee equalized the force of the spring on the wheels of the timekeeper.
From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011
The railroad explained that the West Coast Champion's fireman had gone down the track to set a fusee, had stumbled and destroyed his only one.
From Time Magazine Archive
This dilemma was overcome by Vaughan offering a fusee.
From A Girl's Ride in Iceland by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)
Patricia wondered if Mr. Bolton's fusee were an offering to heaven or to Miss Sikkum.
From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George
