The device was never completed, either by Galileo or his son, and the first pendulum clock was constructed in 1656 by Christiaan Huygens. De Agostini via Getty Images.

Advances in technology to support AI and edge computing will likely drive a shift away from quartz timing toward silicon MEMS and precision timing.

The pendulum-regulated clock, first conceived by Galileo and then realized by Christian Huygens of the Netherlands in 1656, proved unsuitable for finding longitude on a rocking ship, and a good ...

Clocks. Dutch Pendulum Clock ... Dutch Pendulum Clock, ca. 1690. Share. Appraiser. Gordon S. Converse. Event. Las Vegas, NV (2000) Form. ... or the same as when our expert first appraised it ...