Compensating Pendulum
notes: label: Description
content: The compensating (or gridiron) pendulum was invented by the British clockmaker, John Harrison, ca. 1726. This example was apparently made for classroom demonstrations.
label: Description
content: Ref: Max Kohl, <i>Physical Apparatus</i> (Chemnitz, 1904), p. 245.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.334764
label: catalog number
content: 334764
label: accession number
content: 312091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pendulum, compensating
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 41.275 cm x 27.305 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 5 9/16 in; 41.5925 cm x 27.305 cm x 14.12875 cm