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

Precise Future of Silicon Parts Still Being Debated When Ulysse Nardin introduced its Freak watch in 2001, eyebrows were raised at its use of silicon for two escapement wheels instead of the usual steel.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2012

The descent of the weight is regulated by an escapement mechanism and, before the pendulum, it was the inaccuracy of this regulation that was the source of error.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton