Galileo, the grandfather of clocks
In Galileo’s time, clocks weren’t very accurate or reliable. They were regulated by small rods driven back and forth by a weight attached to a cord. The clock’s speed was adjusted by moving the small weights that hung from the rod. Following the death of Galileo’s father in 1591 the famous French polymath Marin Marsenne, […]
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