The physics of why the first clock in America failed
<p>For nearly three full centuries, the most accurate way that humanity kept track of time was through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_clock" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the pendulum clock</a>. From its initial development in the 17th century until the invention of quartz timepieces in the 1920s, pendulum clocks became staples of household life, enabling people to organize their schedules according to a universally agreed upon standard. Initially invented in the Netherlands by Christian Huygens all the way back in 1656, their early designs were quickly refined to greatly increase their precision, where it soon became routine for pendulum clocks to keep time accurately to within a tolerance of just ~2 seconds per day.</p>
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