Would you believe a pendulum clock that can keep time accurately to within one second per year? If you answered “yes”, you’ve either never tried to regulate a pendulum clock yourself ...

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 ...

through the balance clock, down to the modern pendulum clocks and chronometers. There are many illustrations, and the various methods of compensating for temperature are described in plain non ...

One that still manages to make an impression is the grandfather clock, a vertically imposing timekeeper that feels more like ...

In 1656, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist made the first pendulum clock. Clockmaking advanced in England in the early 18th century, during which time the craft of clockmaking also took off in ...

Grandfather clocks, for hundreds of years, have proven themselves to be a wonderful piece of furniture that delivers elegance and charm to any room. These standalone, towering time-keepers are ...

A watch differs from a clock In its having a vibrating wheel instead of a vibrating pendulum ; and, as in a clock, gravity is always pulling the pendulum down to the bottom of its arc, which is ...