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Johannes van Ceulen, Pendulum clock

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Johannes van Ceulen (1629-1695)
Pendulum clock, The Hague, ca. 1675
London, Science Museum, inv. 1954-580

This clock is one of the oldest devices using Huygens' cycloidal pendulum as an escapement. Van Ceulen manufactured several clocks for Huygens.