| 11. | The products produced had more in common with earlier American designs than traditional English fusee watches.
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| 12. | The fusee is a specially cut conical pulley attached by a fine chain to the mainspring barrel.
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| 13. | Since a fusee can only be used once, it is normally reserved for emergency use only.
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| 14. | If a following train encountered a burning fusee it was not to pass until the fusee burned out.
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| 15. | If a following train encountered a burning fusee it was not to pass until the fusee burned out.
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| 16. | The most common and efficient contrivance developed for this purpose was a cone-shaped spindle called a fusee.
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| 17. | In spring-driven clocks and watches it required a fusee to even out the force of the mainspring.
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| 18. | During the industry's height there were three fusee factories in the town and a large cottage industry.
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| 19. | However, in the days before train radio communications, fusees were used to keep trains apart in dark territory.
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| 20. | In forestry and firefighting, fusees are sometimes used in wildland fire suppression and in the ignition of controlled burns.
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