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• 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 — 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

• Marine chronometer — Breguet twin barrel box chronometer. Classification Clock Industry Transportation …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Earnshaw — Infobox Person name = Thomas Earnshaw image size = 160px caption = birth date = birth date|1749|2|4|df=y birth place = Ashton under Lyne death date = death date and age|1829|3|1|1749|2|4|df=y death place = London occupation = Watchmaker spouse =… …   Wikipedia

• chronometer — chronometric /kron euh me trik/, chronometrical, adj. chronometrically, adv. /kreuh nom i teuhr/, n. 1. a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for… …   Universalium

• Earnshaw, Thomas — ▪ English watchmaker born Feb. 4, 1749, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, Eng. died March 1, 1829, London       English watchmaker, the first to simplify and economize in producing chronometers so as to make them available to the general public.… …   Universalium

• trip — [trip] vi. tripped, tripping [ME trippen < OFr treper < Gmc * trippon (> OE treppan, to step): see TRAP1] 1. to walk, run, or dance with light, rapid steps; skip; caper 2. to stumble, esp. by catching the foot 3. to make a false step,… …   English World dictionary