File:Salisbury Cathedral 2012 12.jpg
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English: Detail of Salisbury cathedral clock at Salisbury Cathedral, UK. Built sometime around 1386, this is one of the oldest mechanical clocks in the world. This picture shows the verge escapement (crown shaped vertical wheel) which drove the foliot, (horizontal bar with hanging weights at top) to oscillate back and forth, to keep time for the clock. The invention of the verge and foliot sometime in the late 1200s was the crucial technological advance which led to the development of mechanical clocks. Unfortunately due to the improved accuracy of the pendulum, invented in 1657, almost all clocks from the medieval era were modified to replace the foliot by a pendulum. This clock was found with a pendulum, the foliot seen at top is a modern imitation restored in 1956. |
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| Author | Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). |
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If you want to use this image under a different license, for example if you can't give attribution or if you can't share a derivative work under the same licence, then I may ask for a small fee to do so, which will help me cover the cost of my photography equipment. If you use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, then I'd appreciate it if you could let me know. This isn't compulsory, but it would be nice of you. You can contact me on-wiki or by this form This image was taken using a Canon EOS 60D with a Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS lens. |
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| current | 18:21, 4 August 2014 | | 3,456 × 5,184 (6.17 MB) | Mike Peel | {{subst:User:Mike Peel/Template | desc = {{en|Salisbury Cathedral. Medieval Clock.}} | date = 2012-12-21 | camera = 60d200 }} Category:Salisbury Cathedral Category:Clocks |
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