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Barrel
A hollow cylindrical metal box or drum in a clock or watch that contains the driving or going spring and is connected to the first wheel in the train. From c1580 to 1600 the casing was almost always of brass. A going barrel has the first wheel of the train mounted on the same arbor, doing away with the two part fusee. It was used for striking trains of the 17thC german renaissance clocks and for both going and striking trains of French spring clocks.
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