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Escapement (Wikipedia)
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The Wikipedia article on the escapement, consulted for the 723 or 725 AD Tang-dynasty clockwork escapement and the 1277 Spanish document for Alfonso X describing a mercury escapement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escapement
Source TypeReference Work
Reliability Tier2
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Escapement (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Inventions, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 4 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Engineers, 2 claims: 2 holds.
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