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THE RESONANT RECORDER
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holding the glass recording-plate, moves up and down the top part of the upright. It is essential to have this slide so accurately fitted that the plate-carrier may be able to drop

Fig. 3.—Upper part of Resonant Recorder. (From a Photograph.)

Thread from clock, not shown, passes over pulley P, letting down recording-plate; S′, screw for adjusting distance of writing-point from plate; S, screw for vertical adjustment; T, tangent-screw for exact adjustment of plane of movement of recorder, parallel to writing-surface; axis of writer supported perpendicularly at centre of circular end of magnet; C, coercer; M, micrometer-screw for adjustment of length of coercer; V, vibrating recorder; G, smoked-glass plate.

smoothly and uniformly, without any jerking whatsoever. I have sometimes attained the same end by mounting the plate-carrier on wheels and letting it slide down vertical rails. The plate-carrier is allowed to drop by the running down of