Gravity escapements

Esquema

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Jerarquía

Components (Hierarchy Name) > components (objects) > <components by specific context> > measuring device components > timepiece components > <clock and watch components> > escapements

Descripción

Escapements, used especially in tower clocks, in which a constant impulse is given to the pendulum by a weight which is lifted and always falls through a constant distance.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300234067

Otros términos

  • escapes de gravedad [es]
  • gravity escapement [en]
  • gravity escapement [nl]
  • escapements, gravity [en]
  • escape de gravedad [es]
  • escape de fuerza constante [es]