The day the lunar month and the year devices operating on several physical processes have been used over the millennia.
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The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is a harmonic oscillator.
It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length and resists swinging at other rates from its invention in 1656 by christiaan huygens inspired by galileo galilei until the 1930s the.
A clock is a device used to measure keep and indicate time the clock is one of the oldest human inventions meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units.
It comes from the word for bell in latin clocca.
Mechanical clocks became widespread in the 14th century when they were used in medieval monasteries to keep the regulated schedule of prayers.
For millennia humans have been measuring time in various ways some include tracking the movements of the sun with sundials the use of water clocks candle clocks and hourglasses.
Throughout history clocks have had a variety of power sources including gravity springs and electricity.
Some predecessors to the modern clock may be considered as clocks that are based on.
The history of clocks is very long and there have been many different types of clocks over the centuries.
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum a swinging weight as its timekeeping element.
Not all historians agree on the history of the clock.
Here you can learn more about them and see how steady rate of technical innovation and fashion swings influenced the modern clock industry.