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111hair|spring — «HAIR SPRIHNG», noun. a fine, hairlike spring that regulates the motion of the balance wheel in a watch or clock …
112Early Spring 2008 Midwest floods — March 2008 Midwest floods Total precipitation amounts throughout the region on March 17, 18, and 19 Duration: Mar …
113Rites of Spring Festival — Le Rites of Spring Festival (ou RoSfest) est un festival de rock progressif annuel se déroulant à Glenside, Pennsylvanie, États Unis le dernier week end d avril ou le premier de mai. Sa première édition a eu lieu en 2004. Sommaire 1 Les… …
114main·spring — /ˈmeınˌsprıŋ/ noun, pl springs [count] 1 : the most important spring in a watch or clock 2 : the most important or powerful cause or part of something Agriculture is the mainspring of their economy …
115watchspring — watchˈspring noun The mainspring of a watch • • • Main Entry: ↑watch …
116Quartz crisis — The Quartz Crisis was a period in time in the 1970s and early 1980s which coincided with the advent of quartz oscillator technology watches, a general economic down turn and, the low point of the Swiss watch industry which chose to remain focused …
117Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… …
118London Corresponding Society — was a moderate radical body concentrating on reform of the Parliament of Great Britain in the 1790s.The London Corresponding Society (LCS) was a corresponding society founded on January 25, 1792. The creators of the group were John Frost (1750… …
119Spiral — Spi ral, a. [Cf. F. spiral. See {Spire} a winding line.] 1. Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring. [1913 Webster] 2. Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at… …
120Spiral gear — Spiral Spi ral, a. [Cf. F. spiral. See {Spire} a winding line.] 1. Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring. [1913 Webster] 2. Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis,… …
