36 - Stabilizer
Codex Madrid I, f. 14

Quando voi ritirare la molla, volta il manico m per contrario, e la rota s si fermerà insieme col suo stile, e la rocca n si volterà sopra esso stile insieme colla molla e la vite e la stanga dentata colla sua rocchetta.

A means to render uniform the power supplied by a spring (in large clocks). The spring, enveloped in a cylinder, turns the toothed wheel placed on the top and this, in turn, engages the teeth of an up-turned spiral set on a shaft finishing in a worm screw. This raises and lowers the spiral and passes this motion on to the other toothed shaft. As the spring gradually runs down, the ratio will vary between the number of theet set in motion by the spring- powered whell and that of the teeth of the spiral, thus maintaining a constant speed of rotation for the toothed shaft.


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