English: Precision regulator clock with electromagnetically-driven pendulum, by Alexander Bain, London, around 1845, on display in Deutsches Uhrenmuseum (German clock museum), Inventory No. 2004-162. One of the first electric clocks ever built. The pendulum was kept swinging by pulses of magnetic force from an electromagnet (solenoid) (visible, bottom) near the bob, powered by a battery, and controlled by switch contacts (visible, center) on the pendulum rod. Picture by Fortunat Mueller-Maerki taken 2006 at DUM:
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2008-07-05 20:35 Horology 494×1138× (83417 bytes) Picture by Fortunat Mueller-Maerki: Taken 2006 at DUM: Showing Alexander Bain clock (ex Time Museum), one of the first electrically driven clocks ever built.
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