Clock by Johannes Van Ceulen, design of 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:
The Hague
Date:
1690
Maker / Author:
n/a
Publisher / Printer:
n/a
Dimensions:
45 x 28 x 14 cm
Material:
Ebbony and Padoek, gilded clock. Brass dial plate on a black velvet
Graduation:
n/a
Inscription:
Johannes Van Ceulen, Haghe
Provenance:
Collection Michael B.
References:
Huygens' Legacy, page The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock, Paleis Het Loo. 174 and 269
Spring-Driven Dutch pendulum clocks 1657-1710; Dr. R. Plomp. Pag 96 and 61
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.
In his attempt to make a good running Seaclock, to solve the Longitude-problem, Van Ceulen made some special clocks vor Huygen. Later Van der 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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