Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
potence .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Watch Making) The stud in which the bearing for the lower pivot of the verge is made.
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This may be understood better by consulting Fig. 8, where A is the gauge, C is the roller, E is the lever, F is the plate and G is the potance.
A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material Eugene Edward Hall
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