Escapement
Grasshopper escapement
How it works
Hinged pallets 'kick' away from the escape wheel, eliminating sliding friction.
Why it was invented
Designed to run without lubrication in Harrison's wooden clocks.
- Invented
- c. 1722
- Credited to
- John Harrison
- Period
- Early Modern Horology
- Related
- Anchor (recoil) escapement