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Riefler escapement

Riefler escapement noun: a mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks, improving on the deadbeat approach by having the energy required to keep the pendulum swinging supplied by bending the short straight spring strip which suspends the pendulum.

Noun

Riefler escapement (plural Riefler escapements)

  1. A mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks, improving on the deadbeat approach by having the energy required to keep the pendulum swinging supplied by bending the short straight spring strip which suspends the pendulum.

Forms of Riefler escapement

pluralRiefler escapements

Origin of Riefler escapement

Invented by Sigmund Riefler in 1889.

Questions about Riefler escapement

What does Riefler escapement mean?
Riefler escapement means a mechanical escapement for precision pendulum clocks, improving on the deadbeat approach by having the energy required to keep the pendulum swinging supplied by bending the short straight spring strip which suspends the pendulum.
What part of speech is Riefler escapement?
Riefler escapement is a noun.
What is the plural of Riefler escapement?
The plural of Riefler escapement is Riefler escapements.

Words near Riefler escapement in the dictionary

  1. Riefenstahlian
  2. Rieff
  3. Riefler
  4. Riefler clock
  5. Riefler clocks
  6. Riefler escapement
  7. Riefler escapements
  8. riefs
  9. riegel
  10. riegels
  11. Riegelsville

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