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DescriptionEscapement.png	Action of an escapement in a Linotype machine. The keyboard has raised the escapement lever 22 to push against the plunger 11. This rotates the verge 8 which pulls down the front pawl 9, releasing the first matrix in the magazine channel. The rotation of the verge also raises rear pawl 8 to hold the second matrix.
Date	14 August 2007
Source	Linotype Machine Principles, published by Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, NY, 1940, p. 63
Author	Scanned and cleaned up by Paul Koning
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domain (copyright expired, not renewed)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:13, 29 January 2008	1,086 × 1,032 (27 KB)	Leonard G.	Reverted to version as of 16:52, 14 August 2007
	04:54, 29 January 2008	549 × 711 (7 KB)	Leonard G.	{{Information \|Description=Diagram of motion of a radio control model escapement \|Source=self-made \|Date=January 28, 2008 \|Author= Leonard G. \|Permission=Public Domain \|other_versions= }} {{PD-self}}
	16:52, 14 August 2007	1,086 × 1,032 (27 KB)	Paul Koning	{{Information \|Description=Composed line with matrices and spacebands in a Linotype machine \|Source=Linotype Machine Principles, 1940, p. 8 \|Date=May 1, 2007 \|Author=Scanned and cleaned up by Paul Koning \|Permission=Public domain (copyright expired, not r