Mainspring
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mainspring-203-11512321
title:
Mainspring
text:
A mainspring is a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon—commonly spring steel—used as a power source in mechanical watches, some clocks, and other clockwork mechanisms. Winding the timepiece, by turning a knob or key, stores energy in the mainspring by twisting the spiral tighter. The force of the mainspring then turns the clock's wheels as it unwinds, until the next winding is needed. The adjectives wind-up and spring-powered refer to mechanisms powered by mainsprings, which also include kitche
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description:
Spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon used as a power source in mechanical watches and clocks
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainspring
date created:
2004-09-01T16:16:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T16:11:35Z
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