Reproduction of Huygens clock movement

Made:: 1927 in London

Reproduction of Huygens clock movement (from "Horologium Oscillatorium" 1673) with brass seconds dial and additional minutes dial and seconds dial

Details

Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1927-1981

Materials:: seconds dial: brass

type:: pendulum clock and reconstruction

credit:: J. Morrison and Sons

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Reproduction of Huygens Clock Movement (from "Horologium Oscillatorium" 1673)

Reproduction of Huygens clock movement (from "Horologium Oscillatorium" 1673), J. Morrison & Sons, London, 1927. The timepiece differs slightly from that illustrated in Huygen's "Horologium" work of 1658 due to the hanging of the pendulum, it is hung between cycloidal 'cheeks'. Huygen's calculations show that a pendulum's period of swing can be the same for all arcs of swing.

Measurements:: overall: 1030 mm x 190 mm x 140 mm,

Materials:: iron , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , felt and lead (metal)

Object Number:: 1927-1981 Pt1

type:: clock and reproduction

Brass rotating seconds dial, for Huygens clock movement reproduction

Brass rotating seconds dial for reproduction of Huygens clock movement (see note)

Measurements:: overall: Ht. 1 mm x Dia.88 mm, Wt. 0.025kg

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wax

Object Number:: 1927-1981 Pt2

type:: dial

White painted brass dial, from Huygens clock movement reproduction

Additional white painted brass dial, for minutes and seconds and separate rotating second dial for reproduction (from "Horologium Oscillatorium" 1673) of Huygens clock movement (see note).