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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Inspects and adjusts position of watch banking pins to limit angle through which pallet swings to point where escape wheel clears pallet stones, using loupe and watchmaker's tools: Turns screw to move eccentrically placed banking pin until impulse face of escape wheel drops off pallet jewel. Moves pallet back and forth to test jewel pin shake (distance between pallet fork and jewel pin), to verify that shake is equal in both pallet positions, using tweezers. Bends pallet to equalize shake, using tweezers. Examines locking motion of escape wheel when guard pin is pressed against safety roller to verify guard pin shake (distance between guard pin and safety roller). Moves guard point out or files point to obtain correct length. Heats pallet to liquefy jewel adhesive, using hot plate, and moves jewels to correct slide, using tweezers. Examines pallet action to verify sufficient clearance between pallet and roller. Increases or decreases clearance between pallet and roller to correct deficiency, using tweezers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-i-i-j-k-n-n-n-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: underpaintings. | |
-5 letters: underpainting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 4E 4B 49 4E 47 50 49 4E 41 44 4A 55 53 54 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001110 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010000 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000001 01000100 01001010 01010101 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A N K I N G   P I N   A D J U S T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 004E 004B 0049 004E 0047 0050 0049 004E 0041 0044 004A 0055 0053 0054 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36354845434841250434823538445553543952 |
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