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Definition of Gridiron pendulum

Gridiron pendulum
Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum. Gridiron valve (Steam Engine), a slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.

Meaning of Gridiron pendulum from wikipedia

- The gridiron pendulum was a temperature-compensated clock pendulum invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1726 and later modified by John...
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- mercury pendulum by Graham in 1721 and the gridiron pendulum by John Harrison in 1726. With these improvements, by the mid-18th century precision pendulum clocks...
- ropes used to lift backdrops and scenery. Gridiron pendulum, a part of a pendulum clock Operation Flight Gridiron during World War II This disambiguation...
- temperature-compensated pendulums; the mercury pendulum by George Graham in 1721 and the gridiron pendulum by John Harrison in 1726.: 193–195  With these...
- Yorkshire carpenter and self-taught clockmaker John Harrison invented the gridiron pendulum, which used at least three metals of different lengths and expansion...
- to systematically improve the performance of the pendulum clock. He invented the gridiron pendulum, consisting of alternating br**** and iron rods ****embled...
- bimetallic mechanism for correcting for thermal expansion in his gridiron pendulum. His earliest examples had two individual metal strips joined by rivets...
- structures to avoid sun kink. A gridiron pendulum uses an arrangement of different metals to maintain a more temperature stable pendulum length. A power line on...
- investigations into the performance of clocks, leading to his invention of the gridiron pendulum which counteracted the effects of expansion and contraction with changing...