fusee

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The importance of the fusee should not be underestimated: it made possible the development of the portable clock as well as the subsequent evolution of the pocket watch.

From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011

Thus, the fusee equalized the force of the spring on the wheels of the timekeeper.

From Scientific American • Dec. 31, 2011

The railroad explained that the West Coast Champion's fireman had gone down the track to set a fusee, had stumbled and destroyed his only one.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crude fusee of Zech had to be perfected by Gruet, another Swiss clockmaker, and by still others.

From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

The old form of spring became weaker as it was unwound and necessitated the use of a device called a fusee or spiral drum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various