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* At the same time, English watchmakers [[Robert Molyneux]] and [[E.-J. Eiffe]] invent a balance wheel with auxiliary compensation for extreme temperatures, an idea also proposed by [[John Poole]] and Sir [[George Airy]]. | * At the same time, English watchmakers [[Robert Molyneux]] and [[E.-J. Eiffe]] invent a balance wheel with auxiliary compensation for extreme temperatures, an idea also proposed by [[John Poole]] and Sir [[George Airy]]. | ||
* Sir [[George Airy]], director of the Greenwich Observatory, publishes an account of his experiments concerning the influence of terrestrial magnetism on the operation of chronometers. | * Sir [[George Airy]], director of the Greenwich Observatory, publishes an account of his experiments concerning the influence of terrestrial magnetism on the operation of chronometers. | ||
* [[Louis Audemars]] in Le Brassus creates a pendant winding system. Similar systems are soon created by [[Breguet]], [[Reymond-Bertaud]], and Ad. Philippe in Paris, Ad. Nicole, a Swiss watchmaker established in London, [[Antoine LeCoultre]] in Le Sentier, and Sylvain Mairet in Le Locle. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:50, 29 December 2023
- Edouard Heuer, the founder of the watch manufacture Heuer, is born in Brügg, Canton of Bern, as Son of a shoemaker.
- Charles Weatstone, born in Gloucester, imagines the transmission of time using electro-chronometric counters.
- English engineer Bain builds a clock using electro-magnetic power.
- At the same time, English watchmakers Robert Molyneux and E.-J. Eiffe invent a balance wheel with auxiliary compensation for extreme temperatures, an idea also proposed by John Poole and Sir George Airy.
- Sir George Airy, director of the Greenwich Observatory, publishes an account of his experiments concerning the influence of terrestrial magnetism on the operation of chronometers.
- Louis Audemars in Le Brassus creates a pendant winding system. Similar systems are soon created by Breguet, Reymond-Bertaud, and Ad. Philippe in Paris, Ad. Nicole, a Swiss watchmaker established in London, Antoine LeCoultre in Le Sentier, and Sylvain Mairet in Le Locle.