Historically speaking fist modern clock was created by german inventor peter henlein who introduced to the world spring driven clock around 1511.
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Wrist watch in 1504 the first portable timepiece was invented in nuremberg germany by peter henlein.
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From its invention in 1675 by christiaan huygens the spiral hairspring balance spring system for portable timekeepers still used in mechanical watchmaking industry today.
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.
Bain alexander a short history of the electric clocks london.
The application of the spiral balance spring for watches ushered in a new era of accuracy for portable timekeepers similar to that which the pendulum had introduced for clocks.
Chapman and hall 1852 other finlaison john an account of some remarkable applications of the electric fluid to the useful arts by mr.
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum a swinging weight as its timekeeping element.
Peter lightfoot a 14th century monk of glastonbury built one of the oldest clocks still in existence and continues to be in use at london s science museum.
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