For nearly three full centuries, the most accurate way that humanity kept track of time was through the pendulum clock. From its initial development in the 17th century until the invention of ...

That big grandfather clock in the library might be an impressive piece of mechanical ingenuity, and an even better example of fine cabinetry, but we’d expect that the accuracy of a pendulum ...

Examining the clock, Saff noticed something particularly remarkable: a grasshopper escapement. All pendulum clocks have an escapement, a swinging mechanism that pushes the pendulum at a steady ...

One that still manages to make an impression is the grandfather clock, a vertically imposing timekeeper that feels more like furniture. A pendulum marks time; the case, often ornate, serves as a ...

In 1656, however, he made his greatest contribution as a scientist and inventor: the pendulum clock. where T is the pendulum's period, L is the length of the pendulum, and g is the gravitational ...

In 1665, Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the pendulum clock, was lying in bed with a minor illness and watching two of his clocks hanging on a wall, said Henrique Oliveira ...

Renowned Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens, the inventor of the pendulum clock, originally noticed this eerie phenomenon back in 1665. Laid up in his bed with an illness, the 36-year-old Huygens ...

John Harrison, one of the world’s greatest clockmakers, claimed to have designed the perfect pendulum clock in the mid-18th century. Instead of being celebrated, Harrison’s plans were ...