fusee
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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
The old form of spring became weaker as it was unwound and necessitated the use of a device called a fusee or spiral drum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
The crude fusee of Zech had to be perfected by Gruet, another Swiss clockmaker, and by still others.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
