One weight, made from dead AA batteries, drives the clock and the other weight switches the winding motor. That motor acts to automatically wind the clock when the drive weight reaches the end of ...

[Stephen Hobley] has been experimenting with an electromagnetic pendulum in order to build himself a clock. Through the course of his experiments, he has learned quite a bit about how pendulums fun… ...

Unfortunately, the pace of the weight’s descent was irregular, and the clocks were wildly inaccurate.” Huygens studied the relation of the length of a pendulum to its period of oscillation and ...

In a clock, the escapement converts the force of a falling weight into the periodic alternating impulses needed to keep the pendulum going. The weight also turns the hands of the clock.

In 1656, however, he made his greatest contribution as a scientist and inventor: the pendulum clock. The schematic design of the second pendulum clock built by Christiaan Huygens, published in 1673.

On June 16, 1657, Christiaan Huygens – a Dutch astronomer, inventor, physicist and mathematician – patented a pendulum clock for the first time. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at how Huygens turned ...

Most of the clock’s original components will be retained, although the cables which support the clock’s weights along with the pendulum’s suspension spring will be replaced.

Most of the clock’s original components will be retained, although the cables which support the clock’s weights along with the pendulum’s suspension spring will be replaced.