To some clockmakers, this is a shame, as the escapement can be an elegant and mesmerizing piece of machinery, so [Brett] brought his rolling ball escapement to the exterior of this custom clock.

Rather, the bearing races — the bands or tracks in which the ball bearings sit and spin — begin to degrade, causing metal flakes to gunk up the grease. Regardless of the reason, a wheel ...

Hundreds of marbles, ball bearings and homemade catapults have been seized by police, with officers warning parents that their children should not own them. The rudimentary weapons were taken in ...

In this episode, he retells history from the focal point of the ball bearing, an apparatus used widely in engineering to reduce friction. The photo for this episode is of a bicycle, which relies ...