Lists of British Inventions - Clock Making

Clock Making

  • Anchor escapement - Robert Hooke
  • First accurate atomic clock - Louis Essen
  • Balance spring - Robert Hooke
  • Balance wheel - Robert Hooke
  • Co-axial escapement - George Daniels
  • Grasshopper escapement, H1, H2, H3 and H4 watches (a watch built to solve the longitude measurement problem) - John Harrison
  • Gridiron pendulum - John Harrison
  • Lever escapement The greatest single improvement ever applied to pocket watches - Thomas Mudge
  • Marine chronometer - John Harrison

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