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
Patricia wondered if Mr. Bolton's fusee were an offering to heaven or to Miss Sikkum.
From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George
One reason was because she clung stubbornly to the old-fashioned fusee long after other people had abandoned it for the spring.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
