spiral spring
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spiral spring
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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Here she uses the spiral spring toy known as the Slinky.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2015
A spiral spring pressing against one of the journals into which the axle is mounted prevents any lost motion in the worm gear.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz
The detector is one of the spiral spring coherers previously described; it is shielded from external disturbance by being enclosed in a metal box provided with a funnel-shaped opening to admit the radiation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
In Beard's Regulator the pressure at which the gas can be delivered is determined by the strength of the spiral spring, and can only be altered by changing this spring.
From Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides by Lewis Wright
In the mean while the spiral spring, G, coiled round F, and fixed at one extremity to the frame-work and by the other to F, is compressed.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Henry Negretti
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