In horology, the anchor escapement is a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks. The escapement is a mechanism in a mechanical clock that maintains...

An escapement is a mechanical linkage in mechanical watches and clocks that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear...

The verge (or crown wheel) escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by...

invention of the anchor escapement by Robert Hooke around 1658, which reduced the pendulum's swing to 4–6°. The anchor became the standard escapement used in pendulum...

The lever escapement, invented by the English clockmaker Thomas Mudge in 1754 (albeit first used in 1769), is a type of escapement that is used in almost...

grasshopper escapement is a low-friction escapement for pendulum clocks invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1722. An escapement, part of...

lever type escapement, the lever is shaped like a 'T' or an anchor, which gives this escapement its alternative name of anchor escapement. The lever is...

modification Anchor escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks Screw anchor, to secure a screw in a brittle material Boat anchor (metaphor)...

A Roskopf, pin-lever, or pin-pallet escapement is an inexpensive, less accurate version of the lever escapement, used in mechanical alarm clocks, kitchen...

longcase clocks use a more accurate variation of the anchor escapement called the deadbeat escapement. Traditionally, longcase clocks were made with two...

development of the anchor escapement around 1670, which reduced the pendulum swing in clocks to 4°–6°. This became the standard escapement used in pendulum...

Clement's 1663 clock, the world's oldest surviving timepiece with an anchor escapement. The building currently housing the museum is a refurbished Neo-Gothic...

by the invention of various machine tools. In 1830 he designed an anchor escapement, which his student, Antoine Léchaud, later mass-produced. He also...

University, notable as being the first clock in the world to use the anchor escapement. The clock was made by Joseph Knibb in 1670 and installed in the college...

ceramics. In 1670, William Clement created the anchor escapement, an improvement over Huygens' crown escapement. Clement also introduced the pendulum suspension...

(regulated by the escapement), and the striking mechanism and air brake. The clock was converted to pendulum-and-anchor escapement in the 17th century...

escapement mechanism, which changes the rotational motion of the clock's gears to pulses to drive the torsion pendulum, works rather like an anchor escapement...

a natural "beat" resistant to change. The pendulum clock with an anchor escapement, invented in 1670, was sufficiently independent of drive force so...

Royal Society of London. The earliest known surviving clock with an anchor escapement is made by William Clement in England. Robert Boyle publishes Considerations...

invention of the anchor escapement around 1670, which reduced the pendulum's swing to 4–6°. The anchor became the standard escapement used in pendulum...

its first in-house watch movement, the 20A. The 20A, built with an anchor escapement (usually employed in pendulum clocks), was wound and set via a pendent...

the grasshopper escapement, a control device for the step-by-step release of a clock's driving power. Developed from the anchor escapement, it was almost...

is made for him by Salomon Coster at The Hague. approx. date – The anchor escapement for clocks is probably invented by Robert Hooke. Accademia del Cimento...

invented the deadbeat escapement, which became the standard escapement used in precision pendulum clocks and is the main escapement used in pendulum clocks...

inventions was the system of Roman striking, the tic-tac escapement, and probably the anchor escapement. His merits were recognised by his being appointed clockmaker...

Bracket clock movement with anchor escapement and count wheel striking....

increased by the invention of the anchor escapement in 1657 by Robert Hooke, which quickly replaced the primitive verge escapement in pendulum clocks. The first...

regular use around 1690, after the invention of the pendulum and anchor escapement increased the precision of time-telling enough to justify it. In some...

especially for Wells Cathedral. The clock was converted to pendulum and anchor escapement in the 17th century. The original mechanism was installed in the Science...

of candle clock invented by Alfred the Great (849–899). c. 1657: Anchor escapement probably invented by Robert Hooke (1635–1703). c. 1657: Balance spring...