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Pendulum

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  • Clocks: composite pendulum, side and front view with details. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Clocks: composite pendulum, side and front view with details. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Inventions: various items including fountains, a Greek-key fret, and a fourchee. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.
  • Clocks: diagrams of the motions of composite pendulums. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Clocks: an escapement mechanism (top), and a pendulum (below). Engraving by E. Kennion after C. Varley.
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    Clocks: diagrams of the motions of composite pendulums. Engraving by Mutlow.

    | Date: 1809 | Reference: 40934i
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    Clocks: an escapement mechanism (top), and a pendulum (below). Engraving by E. Kennion after C. Varley.

    Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873. | Reference: 40937i
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    Clocks: various types of clock mechanism. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

    | Reference: 40931i
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    Clocks: composite pendulum, side and front view with details. Engraving by Mutlow.

    | Date: 8 November 1809 | Reference: 40935i
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    Inventions: various items including a fountain-pen, a pendulum, and a pantograph. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.

    | Reference: 45250i
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