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oagaspar Site Founder 
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The Man responsible for one important Horological innovation was a close friend of Isaac Newton,with whom he performed many experiments in alchemy.What was the invention and who the inventor?  |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Jean Piccard............... The watch pendulum????:) |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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Tony Duronio wrote: Good Guess T..but not the Right One Buddy  Jean Piccard............... |
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sleddog218 3T WIS
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Robert Hooke? invented the anchor escapement and the balance spring? Last edited on Sat Aug 12th, 2006 09:31 am by sleddog218 |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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sleddog218 wrote: Another Good answer but still wrong :( You are both in the right area of the Watch though as it pretains to the movement :) Robert Hooke? |
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sleddog218 3T WIS
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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier Responsible for the technique of drilling holes in small rubies to use in watch movements? |
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Zeb 3T WIS 
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George Graham, who popularized and possibly invented the cylinder escapement. Both he and Newton were members of the Royal Society around the same time. (I'm guessing here based on that. :D) Dan:) |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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sleddog218 wrote: DING,DING,DING ! We have a Winner  Good work David..it was Nicloas Fatio de Duillier a Swiss mathematician and optician who in 1704 along with French watchmakers Pierre and Jacob Debaufre applied for a patent for their method of making pierced- jewel end stones for use as friction-reducing at the end of wheel staffs.Fatio met Newton in 1687 and the break-up of their friendship is said by some Historians to have been the cause of Newtons mental breakdown in 1692:) Nicolas Fatio de Duillier |
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sleddog218 3T WIS
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There is a series of books by Neal Stephenson "Quicksilver", "The Confusion", and "System of the World" in which Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, Fatio, etc are major characters. Long books, they cover the world from the late 1600's to early 1700's. Very entertaining, they take on the Royal Society, British, French, Dutch politics and royalty, monetary theory, some alchemy, etc. Neal Stephenson is considered a sci-fi writer, but I would call this series historic fiction. I just finished re-reading the series a week or so ago, which is where I remembered the characters. Still needed some help from Google, as the books don't really cover the watch-technology much. Great reads, highly recommended, as is one of his other books, "Cryptonomicon" which is another historical fiction book taking place during WWII and modern day. |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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sleddog218 wrote: The books sound Awesome david...and Today Your Title is "3T WISologist of the Day"...Congrats...  There is a series of books by Neal Stephenson "Quicksilver", "The Confusion", and "System of the World" in which Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, Fatio, etc are major characters. Long books, they cover the world from the late 1600's to early 1700's. Very entertaining, they take on the Royal Society, British, French, Dutch politics and royalty, monetary theory, some alchemy, etc. Neal Stephenson is considered a sci-fi writer, but I would call this series historic fiction. I just finished re-reading the series a week or so ago, which is where I remembered the characters. Still needed some help from Google, as the books don't really cover the watch-technology much. |
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