Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spring serving to lessen the jar of a railroad-car.
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Examples
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We have explained in the chapter on combinations in trade how one monopoly gains strength by alliance with another; as when the firms belonging to the car-spring combination made a contract with the steel combination by which that monopoly agreed to sell to them at a reduced price and to make an extra rate to their competitors.
Monopolies and the People Charles Whiting Baker
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Our engravings illustrate an improved compound car-spring, which appears to possess all the requisites of a first-class spring, combining in its construction extreme simplicity with great strength, and a feature whereby the power of the spring increases with increase of the load, and _vice versâ_, so that its flexibility remains nearly constant for all loads.
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