Watch and clock escapements; . angementdisplayed in Fig. 163. We should not imagine that it enjoyed avery extensive application. Here the two levers are completelyindependent of each other ; they act upon the piece B B upon theaxis V of the fork. The counter-weights C C maintain the arms 166 Watch and Clock Escapements. carrying the rollers D D in contact with the piece B B which thusreceives the impulse from the wheel R. Two adjusting screws serveto place the escapement upon the center. By degrees these fantasticconstructions were abandoned to make way for the anchor recoilescapement, which w
Watch and clock escapements; . angementdisplayed in Fig. 163. We should not imagine that it enjoyed avery extensive application. Here the two levers are completelyindependent of each other ; they act upon the piece B B upon theaxis V of the fork. The counter-weights C C maintain the arms 166 Watch and Clock Escapements. carrying the rollers D D in contact with the piece B B which thusreceives the impulse from the wheel R. Two adjusting screws serveto place the escapement upon the center. By degrees these fantasticconstructions were abandoned to make way for the anchor recoilescapement, which was invented, as we have said, in 1675, byG. Clement, a horologist, of London. In Fig. 164 we have thedisposition of the parts as first arranged by this artist. Here thepallets are replaced by the inclines A and B of the anchor, which ispivoted at V upon an axis to which is fixed also the fork. Thetooth a escapes from the incline or lever A, and the tooth b imme-diately rests upon the lever B ; by the action of the pendulum the.
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