Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Anchor escapement" in English language version.
the oft-repeated claim that Hooke invented the anchor escapement originated in William Derham's The artificial clock-maker (1696), not with Hooke, and is now regarded as untrue.
Escapements.—....Anchor escapement..&..Dead escapements
the oft-repeated claim that Hooke invented the anchor escapement originated in William Derham's The artificial clock-maker (1696), not with Hooke, and is now regarded as untrue.