BEATS
, in a Clock or Watch, are the strokes made by the fangs or pallets of the spindle of the balance; or of the pads in a royal pendulum. For the number and use of the beats, see Derham's Artificial Clock Maker, pa. 14 and seq.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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