Measuring the passage of time has always fascinated the humankind throughout the centuries. It is amazing how the general architecture of clocks has remained almost unchanged in practice to date from the Middle Ages. However, the foremost mechanical developments in clock-making date from the seventeenth century, when the discovery of the isochronism laws of pendular motion by Galilei and Huygens permitted a higher degree of accuracy in the time measure.
Sorge, F., Cammalleri, M., Genchi, G. (2013). On the isochronism of Galilei's horologium. In IFToMM Workshop on History of MMS – Palermo 2013. Palermo.
On the isochronism of Galilei's horologium
SORGE, Francesco;CAMMALLERI, Marco;GENCHI, Giuseppe
2013-01-01
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Measuring the passage of time has always fascinated the humankind throughout the centuries. It is amazing how the general architecture of clocks has remained almost unchanged in practice to date from the Middle Ages. However, the foremost mechanical developments in clock-making date from the seventeenth century, when the discovery of the isochronism laws of pendular motion by Galilei and Huygens permitted a higher degree of accuracy in the time measure.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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