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Da: Jack Aubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A: Francis Nouaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Data invio: giovedì 9 dicembre 1999 3.21
Oggetto: Re: Premieres horloges medievales - Early medieval clocks
> C'est très beau, mais qu'est-ce que c'est un foliot?
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A foliot in early mechanical clocks is a horizontal bar which has a weight
hung from each end. Its purpose is to control the time the pallets leave
the escape wheel to "escape". The same duty, in more modern clocks, is kept
by pendulums or balance wheels. Hope to have been of some help.Carlo
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Carlo G. Croce
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..........which agrees both with reason and experiment......
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