Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 48
eeth of the wheel, so that one of theprojecting pallets is always intercepting the path of the wheel teeth.In this way an alternating rotary motion is imparted to tl:e verge,the escape wheel slipping by a space equal to half the distancebetween two teeth at every alternation. The action of the… … ; yfcW-X-- ■ ■ ■ .( Fig. 27.—Verge escapement with cross-bar orfoliot balance. the under tooth will reach the root of the lower pallet, but themotion of the verge will not be at once reversed. The escape wheelwill recoil until the impetus of the cross-bar and weights mountedon the verge is…
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