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Apropos 3-wheel clock: James Ferguson and Benjamin Franklin
James Ferguson (1710-1776) in Ferguson's 1773 book: Select Mechanical Exercises: Shewing how to construct different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials, on Plain and Easy Principles, … describes a 3-wheel clock invented by Benjamin Franklin circa 1758 though never made per se by the printer. Enclosed is a 3-wheel clock (circa 2018?) based on Benjamin Franklin's design as accounted by James Ferguson by Nigel Climpson of Cornwall but with grasshopper-escapement.
Abraham Breguet Back in Black (and white)...Trois Roues
From recent post regarding the film... The black and white film L'œuvre d'Abraham Louis Breguet, le célèbre horloger du XVIIIe siècle of the 1923 Musée Galliera Breguet exhibition was screened at the grand amphitheater of the Sorbonne on October 27th, 192...
Thank you for posting these amazing historic documents.
Seeing photos of Sherman's great great Grandparents is fun.
Breguet No. 3583...Breguet: An Apogee of European Watchmaking
Breguet fans will remember Breguet No. 3583 from the 1923 film as appearing in the book: Breguet: An Apogee of European Watchmaking (page 60)... ...
Pendule à trois roues
It is also discussed on a French-language site (FàM Forum à Montres) with also some details and images. Here It is still fantastic to marvel again and again at these magnificent treasures left by the master of the "Quai de l'Horloge"
Apropos 3-wheel clock: James Ferguson and Benjamin Franklin
James Ferguson (1710-1776) in Ferguson's 1773 book: Select Mechanical Exercises: Shewing how to construct different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials, on Plain and Easy Principles, … describes a 3-wheel clock invented by Benjamin Franklin circa 1758 though ...
A curiosity of horology...
A curious footnote on page 233 of Ebenezer Henderson's Life of James Ferguson FRS ( Edinburgh, London, Glasgow 1867) quips the Franklin clock ( a curiosity of horology ) is " rendered almost unfit for general use ". ...
For the uber curious: The 1788 New Royal Cyclopædia, and Encyclopædia; or, complete, modern and universal dictionary of arts and sciences Vol. I
The Franklin 3-wheel clock makes an appearance in the 1788 New Royal Cyclopædia, and Encyclopædia; or, complete, modern and universal dictionary of arts and sciences...Illustrated with...copper-plates...In three...volumes...By George Selby Howard...Assist...
