Two diagrams of a Huygenian watch
Date
24 March 1676
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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Manuscript page number
f15 p1r
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Dimensions
height (page): 308mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
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Content object
Description
In his letter to Richard Towneley dated 24 March 1676, John Flamsteed described the mechanism of the balance-spring watch, designed by Christian Huygens, from a specimen held by Humphrey Adamson the instrument maker. Flamsteed notes that the description by Henry Oldenburg (in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 9, no. 112 (1675), pp. 272-73) was poor. The figures show the spring and the regulator of the spring.
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
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