ganghage

English translation: lever escapement

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Danish term or phrase:ganghage
English translation:lever escapement
Entered by: Diarmuid Kennan

10:15 Jul 28, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Danish term or phrase: ganghage
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Michael Burgess
Denmark
Local time: 15:41
lever escapement
Explanation:
Should be hagegang:
http://www.danmarkskirker.dk/fagordbog_h.htm

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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 14:41
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lever escapement


Explanation:
Should be hagegang:
http://www.danmarkskirker.dk/fagordbog_h.htm

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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 75
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thx!

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agree  Brian Young: Yes, I am certain you are right. I have usually heard it referred to as simply the "escapment". The balance wheel is something else. The balance wheel and the pendulum both supply a regular motion, the escapment transmits that motion to the mechanism
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