Graham, George (1673 - 1751)

inventor, designer

George Graham is credited with inventing several design improvements to the pendulum clock,and also for inventing the mercury pendulum. However his greatest innovation was the invention of the Graham dead-beat escapement. Graham produced instruments for the Royal Greenwich Observatory. He also made astronomical devices for the French Academy of Sciences.
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Graham, George

Curriculum vitae

* 07.07.1673	Hethersgil	born
1715		He invented the dead-beat escapement
1721		He invented the temperature-compensated mercury pendulum
1722		He is made Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
† 16.11.1751	London	died

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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Graham, George (1673 - 1751)