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Model of the application of the pendulum to the clock
    • Setting:
      Room VII
    • Inventor:
      Galileo Galilei
    • Maker:
      Eustachio Porcellotti
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1877
    • Materials:
      iron, brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 325 mm
    • Inventory:
      2085
    • Model of the application of the pendulum to the clock (Inv. 2085)
    • Model of the application of the pendulum to the clock (Inv. 2085)

Built in 1877 by the Florentine clockmaker Eustachio Porcellotti, this working model is based on the drawing (inv. 2433) of the Galilean invention by Vincenzo Viviani and Vincenzo Galilei.