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IV.5 Model of the application of the pendulum to the clock
Inventor:Galileo Galilei
Maker:Eustachio Porcellotti
Place:Florence
Date:1877
Materials:iron, brass
Dimensions:height 325 mm
Current inventory:2085
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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.

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