Explorations: Heavenly Machine - Clocks - Examples of clocks and watches

Duration: 7 mins 39 secs
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Description: Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.

Demonstration of working clockwork and tools, hair springs, work benches and escapements.
 
Created: 2018-03-09 17:51
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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