Clock by Bernard Vander Cloesen, design by Christiaan Huygens
Important clock designed by Christiaan Huygens, who did seatrials to find longitude at sea, 120 years after the suggestion by Gemma Frisius, and 100 years before Harrison's Chronometer.
Type of object:
Timekeeper & Sundial & Compass & Barograpf
Time period:
Gouden eeuw Nederland
Place:
Den Hague
Date:
1690
Maker / Author:
n/a
Publisher / Printer:
n/a
Dimensions:
37.5 x 28 x 15 cm
Material:
Ebbony cas, brass clock, velvet frontplate
Graduation:
n/a
Inscription:
B. Vander Cloesen
Provenance:
Legacy Michael B.
References:
Huygens' Legacy, page The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock, Paleis Het Loo. 182 and 270
Spring-Driven Dutch pendulum clocks 1657-1710; Dr. R. Plomp. Pag 59 and 113
https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/hovo/downloads/huygens_boerhaave_2.pdf
Description
An early Den Hague clock made on a design of Christiaan Huygens during his live.
Brass dial plate, covered with ( later) purple velvet, and turning on hinges. Brass skeleton signuature: B. Vander Cloesen Haghe.
Ebony case 40.3 cm high. Striking the hours and once for for the half hours; going for one week.
In his attempt to make a good running Seaclock, to solve the Longitude-problem, Vander Cloesen made around 1694 the last clocks for these seatrials by Christiaan Huygens.
It includes the typical pendulum with the two cycloïd plates ( = wangen) on which Huygens took his patent.
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