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  • The Mainspring of Human Progress — by Henry Grady Weaver is a libertarian history book published in 1947 by Talbot Books. In 1953, the Foundation for Economic Education printed a revised edition and has done all subsequent printings. The book borrows heavily from the 1943 Rose… …   Wikipedia

  • Mainspring gauge — Mainspring gauges were used to measure the sizes of watch mainsprings so that replacement springs could be ordered from a supply house. Mainsprings are characterised by their strength (thickness) and height (width). European gauges Figure 1:… …   Wikipedia

  • Mainspring (novel) — Mainspring   Cover of 2007 First Edition …   Wikipedia

  • mainspring — main spring , n. The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: (Fig.) The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mainspring — For the 2007 novel by Jay Lake, see Mainspring (novel). An uncoiled modern watch mainspring …   Wikipedia

  • mainspring — main|spring [ˈmeınsprıŋ] n 1.) the mainspring of sth the most important reason or influence that makes something happen ▪ Christian faith was the mainspring of Peter s life. ▪ Small companies are the mainspring of the British economy. 2.) the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mainspring — [[t]me͟ɪnsprɪŋ[/t]] mainsprings N COUNT: usu sing, usu the N of n If you say that an idea, emotion, or other factor is the mainspring of something, you mean that it is the most important reason or motive for that thing. [WRITTEN] My life has been …   English dictionary

  • mainspring — noun (C) 1 the mainspring of/for the most important reason or influence that makes something happen: Romantic love had been the mainspring of Augustini s poetry 2 the most important spring in a watch or clock …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • mainspring — noun a) The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, that drives it by uncoiling. He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by and by break their mainsprings and pass away. b) The most… …   Wiktionary

  • mainspring — noun the mainspring of anticommunism Syn: motive, motivation, impetus, driving force, incentive, impulse, prime mover, reason, fountain, fount, wellspring, root, generator …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • THE MIDDLE AGES — …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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