. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. resistance. On itsreturn the bar behind the si)ring prevents its bend-ing, and so is carried along with it, unlocking thetrain. The train being released, a tooth of theLs< aiienient-wheel strikes a pin, or enters a notch,iiiniRcted witli the verge, and gives an impulse tothe balance. — The Duplix E. of Lepine has twoscape-wheels and two pairs of pallets, one for thestop and the other forthe impulse. — The)f«ioH(o(rgives an impulse to the pemlulum by means ofa small weight or spring independent of theforce of
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. resistance. On itsreturn the bar behind the si)ring prevents its bend-ing, and so is carried along with it, unlocking thetrain. The train being released, a tooth of theLs< aiienient-wheel strikes a pin, or enters a notch,iiiniRcted witli the verge, and gives an impulse tothe balance. — The Duplix E. of Lepine has twoscape-wheels and two pairs of pallets, one for thestop and the other forthe impulse. — The)f«ioH(o(rgives an impulse to the pemlulum by means ofa small weight or spring independent of theforce of the train. The clock-train winds up themaintaining force at every beat or every fewbeats. — The hiiiiioiitnl K. has a scape-wheel in aplane perpendicular to the axis of the balance; andthe teeth are caught in a peculiar way by theedges of a half-cylinder. — The/ecer E. has a leveradiled to the action of the scape-wheel, to giveimjiulse to the balance. — The (jrariti/ E. is onewhich has been made to assume many differentforms; a variety devised by Mr. Deuison is espe-. Fig, 16G. — CnjsDEii Escapement. cially intended for astronomical clocld. Themaking of these delicate pieces of niedlanism isamong the nicest operations of the horol%ical , and Watch. m Escharotics are substances that i»troy theliving organic bodies with the prodtiWun of an eschar or scab. E. have been *v iili-dtwo classes, meclianical and chemical, ftmong the ESCIIEN •} former are actual cauteries, as a heated iron,nioxas, etc.; among the latter are all those sub-stances commonly known as caustics. division of the gold and silver poundwciglit in Hamburg; 544 eschens make one troypound. Uicompte |Fr.], discount; money deductedfor interest. Escort, a body of armed men sent for securityof convoy, as with a gold freiglit from the minesto a seaport for sliipnient. writing-desk; a chest of drawerswith a flap and convenience for writing. Escropulo, the l!l2d part of
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