请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 anchor escapement
释义

anchor escapement

noun
A form of escapement in clocks and watches in which the teeth of the crown wheel or balance wheel act on the pallets by recoil.Beginning his experiments around 1658 he had made two significant steps by 1660, namely the use of a balance controlled by a spiral spring and an improved escapement called the anchor escapement....
  • But by the middle of the seventeenth century, pendulum clocks with an anchor escapement were being manufactured that were accurate to within ten seconds per day.
  • In another decade, the anchor escapement was perfected by William Clement.
随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 16:38:16