e/Grasshopper escapement

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has glosseng: The grasshopper escapement is an unusual, low-friction escapement for pendulum clocks invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1722. An escapement, a part of every mechanical clock, is the mechanism that releases the clock's gears to move forward by a fixed amount at each swing of the pendulum.
lexicalizationeng: grasshopper escapement
instance of(noun) mechanical device that regulates movement
escapement
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