isochronism

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The angular velocity is regulated by a Watt's governor, which secures an isochronism of the motion independently of the charge.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various

To achieve this it was necessary to have a watch or clock which should preserve a perfect isochronism, in defiance of the state of the sea or differences of temperature.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

Clocks provided with this escapement keep reasonably good time; the resistance of the recoils compensate in a measure for the want of isochronism in the oscillations of the pendulum.

From Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

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

The isochronism of the vibrations of the pendulum inferred from this observation was not published or put to practical application in clocks for nearly sixty years afterward.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry