Smithsonian Inventions notes that the mechanical clock was invented in the 14th century.

Date
2018
Type
Book
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

Smithsonian Inventions: A Visual Encyclopedia (London: Penguin Random House, 2018), 138

Scribe/Publisher
Penguin Random House
People
Smithsonian Institution
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

MECHANICAL CLOCKS

The first mechanical clocks were invented in Europe around the start of the 14th century. Nobody had clocks at home, so clocks were put on towers at the center of towns and cities

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