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Pendulum

Inventory Number 45070


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45070

Item type
Object
Physical material
Lead
Copper Alloy
Metal
Dimensions
Diameter: 118mm Height: 1087mm Weight: 1.55kg
Inventory No
45070

Description

A pendulum belonging to an "Act of Parliament" wall clock by William Buckland. A lead weight covered in copper alloy is attached to a thin strip of copper alloy that ends with another thin strip of metal that has been rotated by 90 degrees.