crown escapement

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• Escapement — Es*cape ment, n. [Cf. F. [ e]chappement. See {Escape}.] 1. The act of escaping; escape. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. Way of escape; vent. [R.] [1913 Webster] An escapement for youthful high spirits. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 3. The contrivance in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Escapement — redirects here. For the fisheries term for the stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle, see Spawn (biology). For other uses, see Escapement (disambiguation). A deadbeat escapement, used in many pendulum clocks. Click above to see… …   Wikipedia

• escapement — /i skayp meuhnt/, n. 1. Horol. the portion of a watch or clock that measures beats and controls the speed of the going train. Cf. anchor escapement, deadbeat (def. 1), lever escapement. 2. a mechanism for regulating the motion of a typewriter… …   Universalium

• crown wheel — noun : a crown gear of light construction: as a. : the crown shaped horizontal escape wheel of a verge escapement timepiece b. : a contrate wheel in the winding mechanism of a watch that drives the ratchet wheel and is itself driven by the… …   Useful english dictionary

• crown wheel — Horol. 1. a wheel next to the winding knob, having two sets of teeth, one at right angles to its plane. 2. any of various wheels having the form of a hoop or short cylinder with a serrated edge, as the escape wheel in a verge escapement. [1640… …   Universalium

• Verge escapement — showing (c) crown wheel, (v) verge, (p,q) pallets Ve …   Wikipedia

• anchor escapement — noun a form of escapement in clocks and watches in which the teeth of the crown wheel or balance wheel act on the pallets by recoil …   English new terms dictionary

• Clock — For other uses, see Clock (disambiguation). Timepiece redirects here. For the Kenny Rogers album, see Timepiece (album). Platform clock at King s Cross railway station, London …   Wikipedia

• sheep's-head clock — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or sheep s head (plural sheep s heads) : a lantern clock with one hand and a crown escapement and large dials that overlap the movement …   Useful english dictionary

• Mechanical watch — The movement of a Russian watch A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a mechanical mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to modern quartz watches which function electronically. It is driven by a spring (called a mainspring) which …   Wikipedia

• Pocket watch — This article is about the portable timepiece. For the Dave Grohl album, see Pocketwatch (album). A gold pocket watch with hunter case and watch chain …   Wikipedia