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Balance wheel   /bˈæləns wil/   Listen
noun
Balance wheel  n.  
1.
(Horology)
(a)
A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; often called simply a balance.
(b)
A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).
2.
(Mach.) A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.





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"Balance wheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... threw over the balance wheel; there came forth a clank and some faint clicks from the engine's interior; then cold ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 • Various
... of four, placed at an angle of ninety degrees to each other. The crank case was of aluminum and the shaft of vanadium steel, hollow, and specially treated to insure toughness. All the studs or bolts were of the same steel. Complete, with balance wheel, it weighed two hundred pounds. The ignition was accomplished by six dry batteries and a single-wire vibrating coil. It was ...
— The Air Ship Boys • H.L. Sayler
... stop. This sort of motion might do for a mouse, but it would not answer for a watch. A watch must move with steadiness and regularity. To bring this about, there is a fifth wheel. Its fifteen teeth are shaped like hooks, and it has seven accompaniments, the balance wheel, the hair spring, and five others. This wheel, together with its accompaniments, is able to stop the motion of the watch five times a second and start it again so quickly that we do not realize its having been stopped at all. ...
— Makers of Many Things • Eva March Tappan
... were all the experiences, save two, of his shallow days. But in the face of each, he was speechless. There is a law of averages, a law of compensation, you know. The balance wheel turns; the tides change; the sands of occasion shift. Fate gave this man one overwhelmingly glorious chance to say something. He was mute. The second time she sealed his ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... the racquet head, the racquet head itself slighly{sic} tilted,,{sic} to lift the volley, and the whole movement a "block" of the ball. The wrist is stiff. There is no swing. The eyes are down. watching the ball. The left arm is the balance wheel. The body crouched and the ...
— The Art of Lawn Tennis • William T. Tilden, 2D


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