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Hammer Break

Webster's Dictionary

An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hammer Break'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hammer-break.html. 1828.