The Riefler escapement is a mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks invented and patented by German instrument maker Sigmund Riefler in 1889...
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invented the Riefler escapement which was patented in 1889. He died in Munich on 21 October 1912 at the age of 65. Monroe mentions Sigmund Riefler in the "One...
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Pendulum clock (section Escapement)
research. The Riefler escapement, used in Clemens-Riefler regulator clocks was accurate to 10 milliseconds per day. Electromagnetic escapements, which used...
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Pendulum (section Escapement)
pendulum bob (this can be seen in the Riefler clock image above). Invar pendulums were first used in 1898 in the Riefler regulator clock which achieved accuracy...
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beginning of the 20th century with evacuated pendulum clocks such as the Riefler and Shortt. Clock B lay incomplete in Burgess's workshop until 2009, when...
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date had been achieved by clocks housed in vacuum tanks, using a Riefler escapement. Shortt's breakthrough in 1920 came with the development of a clock...
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watchmaker and founder of Ed. Kummer AG. Sigmand Riefler (1847–1912), German clockmaker, Munich, Riefler precision pendulum clocks. Webster Clay Ball (1847–1922)...
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1538-7305.1948.tb01343.x. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. "The Riefler and Shortt clocks". JagAir Institute of Time and Technology. Retrieved...
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