1470 invented the clock, running from the springs of energy and equipment for the factory springs in watches.

1480 – 1511 Start of production of portable hours. The first pocket watch made from the master Nyurenberga (Germany), Peter Henleyn (Peter Henlein). Exist only one arrow, and showed them the approximate time. The body of the clock was made of gilded brass, and had the form of eggs, it is obvious why they were called – “Nyurenbergskoe egg.” Time masters have begun to watch the image of the first. Read the rest of this entry »

The era of compact and portable mechanical chronometers opened the invention are the same Huygens in 1675 rotary actuator, as well as the use of weights instead of springs. Compound torsion pendulum, a spiral spring and anchor running paved the way not only to marine navigation, but also the creation of massive small hours, but still significantly increased the accuracy of astronomical observations, and even found the uneven rotation of the Earth. Read the rest of this entry »

If you ask the question, what is the regulator, the master of time, probably, will think about the thermometer on the bridge balance, the collector of hours – on the old floor clock, a man with a picture of Swiss watches, hlopnuv ourselves on the forehead, think about the unusual wristwatch with single-clockwise. Try to clarify this issue. Read the rest of this entry »

At the beginning of XIX century, coincided with the rapid development of technological progress, the problem of storage time faced postal services, attempting to ensure the movement of postal crews on schedule. As a result, they got vozimymi clock. And with the advent of railways hours received at their disposal, and conductors. The more developed the transatlantic communication, the urgent problem of ensuring the unity of timing on different sides of the ocean. In this situation vozimye clock is not a century. And then came to the aid of electricity, in those days called galvanism. Electric hours solved the problem of synchronization over long distances – at first on the mainland, and then between them. In 1851 cable, which formed at the bottom of English Channel, in the 1860-meters – the Mediterranean Sea, and in the 1865-meters – the Atlantic Ocean. And since 1899 began the era of signals of exact time on the radio. Read the rest of this entry »

Sun, water and fire hronometricheskie devices have completed the first phase in the development of instruments for measuring time. Gradually produce a more precise picture of the time, and have sought better ways to measure it. Revolutionary invention marked a completely new stages of development in this direction was the creation of the first wheeled clock, which began with the emergence of the modern era of timekeeping.

The author and the date the invention of mechanical watches is unknown. Some reports suggest the tenth century that it was time for the first time such a mechanism built monk from Herbert Orillaka, the future Pope Sylvester II (950 – 1003). Indeed, in the technique, it was a great talent, and it had the opportunity during his study tour to get acquainted with the principles of construction of various Arab astronomical Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to sun and water, since the beginning of the XIII century and the first fire there, or candle, a clock. This is a thin candle with a length of meter installed on the entire length of the scale. They are relatively accurate with time, but at night still covered the home and church and secular dignitaries, including governors, which were in the middle of XIII century, St. Louis, and in the XIV century – Karl V. To the sides of the candles are sometimes hung on metal pins, which, as of burning and melting wax fell, and their impact on the metal cup candelabras was sort of audible alarm time. Read the rest of this entry »

In addition to sun and water, since the beginning of the XIII century and the first fire there, or candle, a clock. This is a thin candle with a length of meter installed on the entire length of the scale. They are relatively accurate with time, but at night still covered the home and church and secular dignitaries, including governors, which were in the middle of XIII century, St. Louis, and in the XIV century – Karl V. To the sides of the candles are sometimes hung on metal pins, which, as of burning and melting wax fell, and their impact on the metal cup candelabras was sort of audible alarm time. Read the rest of this entry »

Interesting annular solar watches, one of the options for the road – and they both served as decorative pendants. The main part was brass ring of a few centimeters in diameter, combined with other mobile ring equipped with a hole to the solar beam. At the outer surface of the main ring engraved initials months, but against them on the inner surface, was the hour scale. Before the measurement it was necessary to rotate the lower ring, so that the hole for the beam was the name of the desired month. To measure the time clock exhibited so that the ray of sunlight passed through the hole and said hour scale. The first description of the hours – in a ring with a seal – in the book doctor Bonn, was published in Paris in 1500. Read the rest of this entry »