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What (who) is fusee - definition
FRENCH DRAMATIST AND WRITER (1708-1775)
Claude Henry de Fuzee, Abbe de Voisenon; Claude Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon; Fusée; Claude-Henri de Fusee de Voisenon; Claude Henri de Fusee, abbe de Voisenon; Claude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon; Claude-Henri de Fusee; Claude-Henri de Fusée; Abbe de Voisenon; Abbé de Voisenon; Claude-Henri de Fusee, abbe de Voisenon
fusee
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Fuzee; Fusee chain; Fusee (disambiguation)
[fju:'zi:]
(US fuzee)
¦ noun
1. a conical pulley or wheel in a watch or clock.
2. a large-headed match capable of staying alight in strong wind.
3. N. Amer. a railway signal flare.
Origin
C16 (denoting a spindle-shaped figure): from Fr. fusee 'spindleful', based on L. fusus 'spindle'.
Fusee
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Fuzee; Fusee chain; Fusee (disambiguation)
·noun A fuse. ·see Fuse, ·noun.
II. Fusee ·noun The track of a buck.
III. Fusee ·noun A flintlock gun. ·see 2d Fusil.
IV. Fusee ·noun A similar wheel used in other machinery.
V. Fusee ·noun A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
VI. Fusee ·add. ·noun A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
VII. Fusee ·add. ·noun A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
VIII. Fusee ·add. ·noun A signal used principally for the protection of trains, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time.
IX. Fusee ·noun A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.
X. Fusee ·noun The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.
Fusee (horology)
![Drawing of a machine incorporating a fusee, by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] around 1490.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fusee Machine Leonardo Da Vinci.png?width=200 "Drawing of a machine incorporating a fusee, by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] around 1490.")
![Watch from 1500s with [[stackfreed]] (near top).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stackfreed.png?width=200 "Watch from 1500s with [[stackfreed]] (near top).")
CONICAL PULLEY-AND-CHAIN COMPONENT IN MECHANICAL TIMEPIECES
Fusee (part of clock)
Used in antique spring-powered mechanical watches and clocks, a fusee (from the French fusée, wire wound around a spindle) is a cone-shaped pulley with a helical groove around it, wound with a cord or chain which is attached to the mainspring barrel. Fusees were used from the 15th century to the early 20th century to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down.
Wikipedia
Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon
Claude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon (8 July 1708 – 22 November 1775) was a French playwright and writer.
