| Title: | Escapement |
| Original Title: | Echappement |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 5 (1755), pp. 232–239 |
| Author: | Jean Baptiste Le Roy (biography) |
| Translator: | Charles Ferguson [Colby College, Emeritus] |
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Clockmaking
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.854 |
| Citation (MLA): | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, and Denis Diderot. "Escapement." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Charles Ferguson. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2017. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.854>. Trans. of "Echappement," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 5. Paris, 1755. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Le Roy, Jean Baptiste, and Denis Diderot. "Escapement." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Charles Ferguson. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.854 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Echappement," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 5:232–239 (Paris, 1755). |
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Table of Contents
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Description of the common foliot or verge escapement.
Results of this design.
Description of Dr. Hook's escapement, or anchor escapement.
Deadbeat escapement. Description of the watch escapement by M. Graham.
M. Graham's escapement for seconds clocks.
Escapement, or hammer escapement.
Beat, or escapement beat.
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