Sentence examples for the escapement from inspiring English sources
noun
The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
The escapement allows travel.
The escapement design in these timepieces aims to avoid the problems associated with lubricant-related deterioration.
The escapement was produced in collaboration with Sigatec, a specialist in micro-mechanical components located in Sion, Switzerland.
The design allows the escapement to be directly accessible, not hidden by the balance wheel, making it easier for repairs.
The escapement used in the early watches was the same as that used in the early clocks, the verge.
"House" and "Garden" (no, not "House and Garden") -- first performed in Scarborough in 1999 -- interlock like the wheel and anchor of the escapement in a flawless timepiece.
Watchmakers have long sought to compensate for gravity's effect on the most delicate parts of the escapement — namely the pallet fork, balance wheel and hairspring — to improve accuracy.
The actions of the escapement stabilize the power of the gravitational force and are what produce the ticktock of weight-driven clocks.
The escapement — the mechanism that releases energy in pulses to power the timepiece — was originally designed by Mr. Daniels to fit a pocket watch.
Under the Song Dynasty, a water-powered armillary sphere was developed, the components of which resembled the escapement in modern watches.
The escapement-based mechanism would be superseded within a few years by competing systems, in particular those based on the so-called Geneva drive or "Maltese cross" that would become the norm for both movie cameras and projectors.
