American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 213
gbalance. It naturally follows that this stateof rest will be prolonged by an increase andshortened by a diminution of weight. It alsostands to reason that in the case of equalweights a greater velocity will put the force ofgravity, which remains the same, to a disadvan-tage, the struggle will be… … In assisting the force of gravity by applyinga suspension spring, these irregularities can becontended with ; as its force is at its tension, itwill be greater at long than in short arcs ; andif it is of proper length and thickness, and itsforce in proper proportion to the weight of thependulum, it…
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