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  2. Escapement - Wikipedia

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    Deadbeat escapement [37] diagram showing escape wheel (a), pallets (b), and pendulum crutch (c) The Graham or deadbeat escapement was an improvement of the anchor escapement first made by Thomas Tompion to a design by Richard Towneley in 1675, [38] [39] [40] although it is often credited to Tompion's successor George Graham who popularized it ...

  3. Anchor escapement - Wikipedia

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    The backward motion of the escape wheel during part of the cycle, called recoil, is one of the disadvantages of the anchor escapement.It results in a temporary reversal of the entire wheel train back to the driving weight with each tick of the clock, causing extra wear in the wheel train, excessive wear to the gear teeth, and inaccuracy.

  4. Riefler escapement - Wikipedia

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    The Riefler escape wheel and pallets are of a special design. There are actually two escape wheels mounted on the same shaft and two surfaces on each of the two pallet pins. The front locking wheel has forward pointing teeth rather like a dead-beat escapement, and catches on the flat surface of the pallet to lock the wheel.

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    A Wheel of Fortune contestant did so well at correctly guessing a phrase that a surprised Ryan Seacrest pretended to search her for an earpiece!. In a clip shared to the game show’s YouTube ...

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    A last-second win in the bonus round by a recent "Wheel of Fortune" contestant knocked Ryan Seacrest off his feet. The host wasn't quite ready for the level of excitement from contestant Daniel ...

  8. Verge escapement - Wikipedia

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    The verge escapement consists of a wheel shaped like a crown, called the escape wheel, with sawtooth-shaped teeth protruding axially toward the front, and with its axis oriented horizontally. [13] [36] In front of it is a vertical rod, the verge, with two metal plates, the pallets, that engage the teeth of the escape wheel at opposite sides ...

  9. Echappement naturel - Wikipedia

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    Lapieur then worked on an échappement naturel between the end of January and early May 1806. From the position of the original pivot hole for the second escape wheel, the two escape wheels appear to have had a 2:1 ratio of their size. The most likely tooth counts appear to be 8:4, the same as Lapieur made earlier for watch 1085 above.