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English: Drawing of Riefler escapement, invented by Sigmund Riefler in 1889, from the catalog of the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. It was used in the precision astronomical regulator clocks produced by the German firm Clemens Riefler from 1890 to 1965. The escapement applied impulses to keep the pendulum swinging by flexing the suspension spring that supported the pendulum. Riefler clocks achieved an accuracy of 10 milliseconds per day, possibly the most accurate all-mechanical clocks ever made. Alterations to image: rotated image 90° CW, rotated R drawing a few degrees to justify, moved R drawing closer to L and aligned drawings vertically, converted to 32 color PNG.
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Downloaded from German Exhibition, Group 21, Special Catalog of the Exhibition of Scientific Instruments, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, p.63 on Google Books. The drawing came originally from the firm that manufactured it, Clemens Riefler
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1893
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Clemens Riefler
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Public domain in USA - published in USA prior to 1923
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