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Meanings of escapement in English

Russian
спусковой механизм часов
Spanish
mecanismo de escape
Catalan
escapament

Mechanism in clocks.

        спусковой механизм часов
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        Examples for "escapements"
        Examples for "escapements"
        1
        A journeyman carpenter invents an improvement in chronometer escapements and patents it.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
        2
        The teaching of this part is very important as regards the manufacture of escapements.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885
        3
        The last class in the elementary instruction is the one in escapements (Fig.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885
        4
        But I am defeated utterly by the man who talks about escapements, compensating balances and clutches.
        Gossamer
        5
        This applies also to American brass club-tooth escapements; hence, we have so much contention about oiling pallets.
        Watch and Clock Escapements / A Complete Study in Theory and Pra...
        Usage of escapement in English
        1
        The empathy escapement was never quite perfected before we went into production.
        One of our Thursdays is missing
        2
        We will now take up the club-tooth form of the lever escapement.
        Watch and Clock Escapements / A Complete Study in Theory and Pra...
        3
        Oil the tooth of the escapement wheel slightly, using a fine brush.
        The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
        4
        So the ballet girl was Degas' escapement from the thraldom of common knowledge.
        Modern Painting
        5
        The cylinder escapement is made up of two essential parts, viz.
        Watch and Clock Escapements / A Complete Study in Theory and Pra...
        6
        The escapement suggested that to those who had no arms it would furnish-halberds!
        The Nameless Castle
        7
        The technical name for this type of escapement is called the Swiss lever escapement.
        Wired
        8
        Note the cylinder escapement, the fine, clear face.' He sighed.
        Cross of St. George
        9
        Of course, it was the ticking of the clock escapement that misled him-andme.
        The Gates of Chance
        10
        The pianoforte had to wait for fifty years for satisfactory regulation of the escapement.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
        11
        Chronometers, which aspire to perfect timekeeping, are defined by the design of their escapement.
        The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s...
        12
        Open-faced with duplex escapement, one of James McCabe's famous breed.
        Cross of St. George
        13
        The escapement is in front, so that every tooth is seen as it frees itself.
        Over the Teacups
        14
        This escapement was actually invented in the 1750's by an English clockmaker named Thomas Mudge.
        Wired
        15
        His instruments have a feature of their own; they are supplied with a peculiar escapement.
        The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
        16
        There is the spring, the pendulum, and the escapement.
        The Nameless Castle
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        Escapement through the time
        Escapement across language varieties
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