conical pendulum

American  

noun

Horology.

1. a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.

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Example Sentences

If the governor be of the ball type, or of the conical pendulum type operated by centrifugal force, it is well to lubricate each joint without excess of oil.

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It is a property of the conical pendulum that if swung round, the time of one complete revolution is the same as that of the double vibration of a pendulum equal in length to the vertical distance of the bob of the conical pendulum below its point of support.

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The conical pendulum used to govern the rotation of the cylinder was the invention of Sir G.B.

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A metal cylinder covered with a sheet of Dent. paper is rotated by clockwork controlled by a conical pendulum, or by a centrifugal clock governor such as is used for driving a telescope.

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To prevent the injury of the conical pendulum and the wheel work by any sudden check of the cylinder, a ratch-wheel connexion is placed between the cylinder and the train of wheel work; this enables the pendulum to run on until it gradually comes to rest.

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