| The first clock was invented by the Chinese, it ran on water and kept time for the emperor only. The earliest mechanical clocks, devoid of pendulums, were developed by Central European monks in the later years of the 13th century. Astronomer Galileo first thought of adding a pendulum to a clock but it was Christian Huygens, who actually constructed such a clock. Dials and hands in clocks appeared only in the 14th century. |
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