How the mainspring made portable clocks possible

A coiled spring made small clocks possible

Early mechanical clocks were powered by large hanging weights. In the early 1400s, the mainspring provided another way to store energy: a tightly wound spring. This made much smaller clocks possible.

Gefällt dir das? Davon gibt es einen ganzen Feed. Ersetze leeres Scrollen durch Dinge, die es wert sind, sie zu wissen.
Hence kostenlos laden