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Grasshopper Escapement

Here is a version of Harrison's famous grasshopper escapement. Uploaded with permission of the Yahoo clockmakers' group.  
 
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rendered555 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Nice model. thumbs up!
VinnyMartello (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Is that like a semi propetual motion machine?
bshallard (1 month ago) Show Hide
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This is the timekeeping part of a clock, called the escapement. Various types of escapement were invented seeking the most accurate timekeeping, and this one was invented by John Harrison, made famous by the book and BBC mini-series "Longitude". His famous sea-clocks are on display at the Greenwich Observatory. This particular escapement was built by a hobby clockmaker who's name I forget just at this instant.
DAKOTA56777 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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i don't have cable and natural gas also i get power from solar panels and turbines i don't have friend cause i don't trust ppl and i get water from the rain what else oh yeah F*ck u
polonium9 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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you sound like my kind of person. polonium9, nice to meet you!
DAKOTA56777 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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lol.
Everfalling (4 months ago) Show Hide
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the sad part is, with an abundance of technology and lacking natural predators, the stupid are able to survive quite easily
KEvronius (8 months ago) Show Hide
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where would we be without your astute observations?

KEvron
KurtBMX250 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Its got to be pretty difficult to draw it in Phun
monkeyzNdogz (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Incredibots 2 SOOOO pwns Phun
By the way there's a wiki animation of this

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