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l escapement. Dead-beat escapement.Lever-escapement. Recoil-escapement.Vertical escapement. Remontoire-escapement.(Which see.) Verge-escapement. Goodrich, in 1799, substituted a crank for an escapement in clocks, and received a bounty of £ 65 from the London Society of Arts. Its advantage was silence. A number of curious and ingenious escapements may be found in works on horology, in Denison's volume in Weale's series; Brown's Five hundred and seven mechanical movements ; and Piaget's The watch; its history and manufacture. Es-cape — valve. （Steam-engine.) a. A loaded valve fitted to the end of the cylinder for the escape of the condensed steam, or of water carried mechanically from the boilers with the steam. A priming valve. b. Escape-valves are also fitted to the feed-pipes as a means of exit for the surplus water not used by the boilers. c. A valve which affords escape to steam in a given contingency; upon excessive pressure by a safety-valve; to anno