anchor escapement
an escapement in which wedge-shaped pallets engage with an escape wheel having pointed teeth, usually facing in the direction of revolution, so that the escape wheel recoils slightly at every release.
Origin of anchor escapement
1- Also called recoil escapement.
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How to use anchor escapement in a sentence
The motions of the latter act, through an anchor escapement, upon a system of wheels.
With a common anchor escapement the scape-wheel can be driven round by wagging the anchor to and fro.
As a timekeeper the anchor escapement is inferior to the dead-beat escapement.
Time Telling through the Ages | Harry Chase BrearleyHe favored the recoil anchor escapement in his clocks and the Graham dead-beat anchor escapement with a seconds' pendulum.
The anchor-escapement was invented by Clement, a London clockmaker, in 1680.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2) | Johann Beckman
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