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Riefler escapements

Riefler escapements is the plural of Riefler escapement.

Meaning of Riefler escapement

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.

Questions about Riefler escapements

What is Riefler escapements the plural of?
Riefler escapements is the plural of Riefler escapement.

Words near Riefler escapements in the dictionary

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

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