| Title: | Cock (clock) |
| Original Title: | Coq |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 4 (1754), p. 181 |
| Author: | Jean Baptiste Le Roy (biography) |
| Translator: | Charles Ferguson [Colby College, Emeritus] |
| Subject terms: |
Clockmaking
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| Citation (MLA): | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste. "Cock (clock)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Charles Ferguson. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2016. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.364>. Trans. of "Coq," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 4. Paris, 1754. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste. "Cock (clock)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Charles Ferguson. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.364 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Coq," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 4:181 (Paris, 1754). |
Cock (clock). In clocks, a stout piece of brass permanently attached to the rear plate. Its function is to suspend the pendulum.