Clock and Watchwork History Essay
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The author states that in 1656, Christian Huygens, a Dutch scientist, made the first pendulum clock, regulated by a mechanism with a natural period of oscillation. However, the concept of the pendulum mechanism dates back to Galileo in 1582. Much later, chronometers and digital and quartz clocks were developed which are more portable.