The wonders of modern mechanism. A résumé of recent progress in mechanical, physical, and engineering science (1896)
Cochrane, Charles Henry, 1856- · Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott · leaf 353
compensation balance, however, the brassexpands faster than the steel, and tends to make the rimcurl in with an increase of temperature, so that when it ishot the watch is inclined to run fast instead of slow, whichwould otherwise be the case. This tendency of the com-pensation balance to run fast… … THE COMPENSATION BALANCE. rately at all common temperatures. The small screws inthe balance-wheel may be set at any of the points numberedfrom 1 to 12, and by shifting them an adjustment of weightis obtained that causes the balance to throw in and out theexact weight required to alter the…
Inventions · Mechanical engineering · Machinery
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