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单词 remontoir
释义 remontoir Clock-making.|rəmɔ̃twar|
Also -oire.
[F., f. remonter to remount.]
A device by which an exactly uniform impulse is given to the pendulum or balance. Also attrib. with escape(ment), spring, wheel, etc.
1801Trans. Soc. Arts XIX. 335 It requires no more power than any other Remontoire Escapement.Ibid. The strength of the remontoire-spring.1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 519 A remontoire escape which possesses considerable merit.1875J. W. Benson Time & T.-tellers (1902) 126 This arrangement, which is called the remontoir, is supplemented in this clock by a double lever escapement.1878Lockyer Stargazing 322 The remontoire wheel..relaxes its pressure against a friction-wheel.
Hence reˈmontoiring ppl. a., performing the function of a remontoir.
1803Trans. Soc. Arts XXI. 409 Pressed against the teeth of the spring wheel, by remontoiring springs.
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