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So the small spring is what makes it run accurately? I wonder how hard it is to make the small spring accurate without modern tools (1800s technology).
by beeboop 11y ago
So the small spring is what makes it run accurately? I wonder how hard it is to make the small spring accurate without modern tools (1800s technology).
- rcurry 11y agoThis provides a good description of how the balance wheel works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_wheel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_wheel It is manually tuned, via weights and spring tension, to oscillate at a precise interval.