The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... wheel G rides on the arbor , and is connected with the barrel by the ratchet R , the action of which is shown more ... scape - wheel E by its pinion e . If the pinions d and e have each 8 teeth or leaves ( as the teeth of pinions are ...
... wheel G rides on the arbor , and is connected with the barrel by the ratchet R , the action of which is shown more ... scape - wheel E by its pinion e . If the pinions d and e have each 8 teeth or leaves ( as the teeth of pinions are ...
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... wheels is converted into the vibratory motion of the balance or pendulum , which by some contrivance or other is made to let one tooth of the quickest wheel in the train escape at each vibration ; and hence that wheel is called the " scape ...
... wheels is converted into the vibratory motion of the balance or pendulum , which by some contrivance or other is made to let one tooth of the quickest wheel in the train escape at each vibration ; and hence that wheel is called the " scape ...
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... scape - wheel is just escaping from the left pallet , and another tooth at the same time falls upon the right hand pallet at some distance from its point . As the pendulum moves on in the same direction , the tooth slides farther up the ...
... scape - wheel is just escaping from the left pallet , and another tooth at the same time falls upon the right hand pallet at some distance from its point . As the pendulum moves on in the same direction , the tooth slides farther up the ...
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... escape . ment is generally called " half . dead . " FIG . 6.- Pin - Wheel Escapement . Passing by the various other modifications of the dead escapement which have been suggested and tried with little or no success , we proceed to ...
... escape . ment is generally called " half . dead . " FIG . 6.- Pin - Wheel Escapement . Passing by the various other modifications of the dead escapement which have been suggested and tried with little or no success , we proceed to ...
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... scape- wheel is carried by a long cock or bridge within which the crutch also moves . Remontoire or Gravity Escapements . A remontoire escapement is one in which the pendulum does not receive its impulse from the scape - wheel , but ...
... scape- wheel is carried by a long cock or bridge within which the crutch also moves . Remontoire or Gravity Escapements . A remontoire escapement is one in which the pendulum does not receive its impulse from the scape - wheel , but ...
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