Assertion: clock's rate | /r/HasProperty | adjusted
Facets:
value: by moving the weights
type: MANNER
value: without stopping the clock
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In some master clocks and tower clocks, adjustment is accomplished by a small tray mounted on the rod where small weights are placed or removed to change the effective length, so the rate can be adjusted without stopping the clock.
text: The foliot was a horizontal bar suspended on a string (which would be braided and responsible for the oscillations of the foliot as it twisted and then untwisted)[citation needed] with weights near the ends and the rate of the clock could be adjusted by moving the weights in or out on the bar.