ESA European Space History - On this day: 16 June 1657, the first pendulum clock was patented by its inventor, Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer Christiaan Huygens. Although others had worked in
An important early Dutch ebony and rosewood pendulum clock with alarm
Salomon Coster Box Clock, 1658 - English Clock Exhibition | Bonhams London | 3rd - 14th September
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Salomon Coster the clockmaker of Christiaan Huygens. Clock.
Travelling watch. This plain case contains a movement incorporating the most modern ideas of its time. Salomon Coster was one of the leading clockmakers of his day. He was in contact with eminent scientists, such as Christiaan Huygens, who were trying to ...