isochronal
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It is often supposed that hairsprings having exactly even coils are correct for close position and isochronal rating.
From Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Kleinlein, Walter J.
In 1639 Galileo, then old and blind, dictated to his son one of his books in which he discussed the isochronal properties of oscillating bodies, and their adaptation as time measures.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
Experiment will demonstrate that watches carefully adjusted to positions will also have a very close isochronal rate.
From Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Kleinlein, Walter J.
There was something indescribably grim and bodeful in those isochronal batterings of the solid ground.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
Escapement friction plays an important role in the position and isochronal adjustments; the greater the friction encountered the slower the vibration of the balance.
From An Analysis of the Lever Escapement by Playtner, H. R.
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