isochronism

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If the isochronism is but little impaired, we obtain a note corresponding to the mean interval of the shocks.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

In order to produce a note, the succession of shocks must not deviate much from isochronism.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

The experimental verification of this fact led him to the important discovery of the isochronism of the pendulum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

Effects produced when the isochronism of the shocks is not perfect.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

It was thus with the application of the isochronism of the pendulum to the making of instruments for measuring intervals, astronomical and other.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert