HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC RELIC HIDDEN IN THE PALAZZO-VECCHIO

Authors
BEDINI S
Citation
S. Bedini, HISTORIC SCIENTIFIC RELIC HIDDEN IN THE PALAZZO-VECCHIO, ISR, Interdisciplinary science reviews, 17(4), 1992, pp. 382-384
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
ISR, Interdisciplinary science reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
03080188
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1992
Pages
382 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0308-0188(1992)17:4<382:HSRHIT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
In November 1667, the great clock in the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, began to strike the hours. It incorporated the horary inven tions of Galileo Galilei, the pinwheel type of escapement and the pend ulum regulator. The origin of this historic clock, its installation an d subsequent history are here described and illustrated.