ESA European Space History - On this day: 16 June 1657, the first pendulum clock was patented by its inventor, Dutch physicist, mathematician and astronomer Christiaan Huygens. Although others had worked in
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Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model. | Science Museum Group Collection
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