escapement
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“I took it to Performance Pattern where they did a digital scan, then we cast a new escapement in aluminum bronze,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2017
For instance, the new federal rules for the Gulf of Mexico require permit holders to report to the government only “major escapement events”, defined as 10% or more of cultured fish escaping from a pen.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
The Nooksack is closed so the hatchery can meet spawning escapement, and reopens Feb. 1.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2013
It is intended to be the first member of a family of movements incorporating both the DIAMonSIL escapement and an adjustable oscillator fitted with a silicium hairspring.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2012
Even after this, he thought up an idea for an escapement for a pendulum clock, which he described to his son Vincenzio, who actually built such a clock after Galileo died.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
