Escapement of most pendulum clocks, and for the development of the grandfather clock, the first anchor clock to be sold commercially, which was invented around 1680 by William Clement, who disputed credit for the escapement with Hooke. The escapement increased the accuracy of pendulum clocks to such a degree that the minute hand was added to the clock face in the late 1600s (before this, clocks had only an hour hand). The anchor consists of an escape wheel with pointed, backward slanted teeth, and an "anchor"-shaped piece pivoted above it which rocks from side to side, linked to the pendulum. The
Mechanical energy simplified into since in circular motion, Newton's 2nd Law of motion can be taken to be Today, many technological devices convert mechanical energy into other forms of energy or vice versa. These devices can be placed in these categories: The classification of energy into different types often follows the boundaries of the fields of study in the natural sciences. Notes Citations Bibliography Mechanical energy In physical sciences, mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy. It is the energy associated with the motion and position of an object. The principle of conservation of mechanical energy states that