A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it...

the world's most accurate timekeeping technology until the 1930s. The pendulum clock invented by Christiaan Huygens in 1656 became the world's standard timekeeper...

(disambiguation) A torsion pendulum clock, more commonly known as an anniversary clock or 400-day clock, is a mechanical clock which keeps time with a mechanism...

The Shortt–Synchronome free pendulum clock is a complex precision electromechanical pendulum clock invented in 1921 by British railway engineer William...

escapement used in pendulum clocks. The escapement is a mechanism in a mechanical clock that maintains the swing of the pendulum by giving it a small...

clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock,...

A flying pendulum clock is a clock that uses a flying pendulum escapement mechanism. A small metal ball, connected by string, wraps around one brass post...

"regulator" clocks gradually replaced the anchor escapement: 181, 441  and is now used in most modern pendulum clocks. The observation that pendulum clocks slowed...

hands. The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction...

gridiron pendulum was a temperature-compensated clock pendulum invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1726. It was used in precision clocks. In...

the invention of the pendulum clock by Christiaan Huygens. A major stimulus to improving the accuracy and reliability of clocks was the importance of...

such as the swing of pendulums, which had the potential to be more accurate. Oscillating timekeepers keep time for all modern clocks. The verge escapement...

"weight" or "mass") on the end of a pendulum found most commonly, but not exclusively, in pendulum clocks. Although a pendulum can theoretically be any shape...

of liquid in water clocks, to mechanical clocks, and eventually repetitive, oscillatory processes, such as the swing of pendulums. Oscillating timekeepers...

and inventor, he improved the design of telescopes and invented the pendulum clock, the most accurate timekeeper for almost 300 years. A talented mathematician...

mechanism of turret clocks must be more powerful than that of ordinary clocks. Traditional turret clocks are large pendulum clocks run by hanging weights...

timekeeping element in a few mechanical clocks and other clockwork timing devices. During the 1800s, conical pendulums were used as the timekeeping element...

A Kater's pendulum is a reversible free swinging pendulum invented by British physicist and army captain Henry Kater in 1817 (made public on 29 January...

the brand name of a mechanical torsion pendulum clock manufactured by Jaeger-LeCoultre in Switzerland. The clock gets the energy it needs to run from temperature...

(Inv. 2004-119) Astronomic calendar clock, around 1760-1770 (Inv. 16-0014) Early German precision pendulum clock based on a design by Ignaz Pickel, 1775...

precision pendulum clocks invented and patented by German instrument maker Sigmund Riefler in 1889. It was used in the astronomical regulator clocks made by...

precision master pendulum clock began to be used in institutions like factories, offices, and schools around 1900. Modern radio clocks are synchronised...

Trinity College Clock is a historic pendulum clock in Trinity College, Cambridge. It is housed in one of the oldest buildings in the college, King Edward's...

solar time, as would be shown by a sundial. The first accurate clocks, controlled by pendulums, were patented by Christiaan Huyghens in 1657. For the next...

gravity. Pendulum may also refer to: Pendulum (mechanics), the physical and mathematical principles of a pendulum Pendulum clock, a kind of clock that uses...

Osnabrück. craft clock with a centrifugal pendulum (1578 to 1587). Heinrich Gebhardt (1602–1661), German clockmaker, Straßburg, astronomical clock. Wolfgang...

silencing the clock from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. New Year's Eve 1962: The clock slowed due to heavy snow and ice on the hands, causing the pendulum to detach...

mechanism: Electromechanical clocks These have a traditional mechanical movement, which keeps time with an oscillating pendulum or balance wheel powered through...

Horologium (Latin hōrologium, the pendulum clock, from Greek ὡρολόγιον, lit. 'an instrument for telling the hour') is a constellation of six stars faintly...

turbines to generate electricity. An old and simple application is the pendulum clock driven by a weight, which at 1 kg and 1 m travel can store nearly 10...