| 单词 | compensation-balance |
| 释义 | > as lemmascompensation-balance compensation-balance n. in a chronometer, a balance-wheel or a pendulum having arrangements which neutralize the effect of the expansion or contraction of the metal under variations of temperature. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > a counterbalance > object used as again-weight1340 counterpoisec1430 counterweight1768 compensation-balance1805 compensation-pendulum1807 compensating-pendulum1819 compensator1837 bumper1868 counterbalance1875 1805 Hardy in Trans. Soc. Arts 23 378 We have at present two compensation balances. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 117/2 That which is most generally adopted is the expansion or compensation balance. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 600/1 Compensation Balance..invented by Harrison, of Foulby, England, who devoted himself for a long series of years—1728–1761—to the discovery. < as lemmas |
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