Image: Edward East winged lantern clock
Description: "Winged" lantern clock, a very early type of pendulum clock, made by British clockmaker Edward East in the late 17th century just after the invention of the pendulum clock in 1657. From a 1922 clock book. This is a lantern clock, a style of clock which predated the pendulum and originally used a foliot timekeeper, which has been converted for use with a pendulum. The early verge escapement made the pendulum swing in very wide arcs of 80° or more, so "wings" have been added to the sides to accommodate the pendulum's swing.
Title: Edward East winged lantern clock
Credit: Downloaded 2010-03-07 from post by dmun Sat Apr 8th, 2006 at 08:13:20 AM EST on Weekend Clock Blog, European Tribune blog. Source credits image to Edward James Britten (1922) Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, Charles Scribners Sons, New York
Author: Edward James Britten
Permission: Public domain in USA - published in USA prior to 1923
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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