Pendulum clock

Early modern · Household · 1656

TL;DR

Pendulum clock - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

First conceptualized by Galileo Galilei in 1637; built by Huygens in 1656

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Fully mechanical clock Pendulum physics

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Pendulum clock:

Quartz clock Semaphore telegraph Anchor escapement Electric clock Time clock

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Niche Construction Trophic Cascades Adaptive Radiation

Related Inventions

Time clock Fully mechanical clock Pendulum physics Quartz clock Electric clock Anchor escapement Semaphore telegraph

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Timekeeping

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