Galileo's escapement

(left) Original drawing from around 1637 of the pendulum clock designed by Galileo, incorporating the escapement. (right) Model of the escapement

Galileo's escapement is a design for a clock escapement, invented around 1637 by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564–1642). Galileo was one of the leading minds of the Scientific Revolution.^[1] He was dubbed the founder of theoretical physics.^[2] He is also credited with the invention of the celatone (a type of telescope) and the geometric and military compass.^[3] Galileo's escapement was the earliest design of a pendulum clock. Since Galileo was by then blind, he described the device to his son Vincenzio, who drew a sketch of it. The son began construction of a prototype, but both he and Galileo died before it was completed.

^ Koyre, Alexandre (July 1943). "Galileo and the Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century". The Philosophical Review. 52: 333. JSTOR 2180668.
^ Cassirer, Ernst (Winter 1942–43). "Galileo: a New Science and a New Spirit". The American Scholar. 12 (1): 17. JSTOR 41203634.
^ Van Helden, Albert (1977). "The Invention of the Telescope". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 67 (4): 20. JSTOR 1006276.

[1] Koyre, Alexandre (July 1943). "Galileo and the Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century". The Philosophical Review. 52: 333. JSTOR 2180668.

[2] Cassirer, Ernst (Winter 1942–43). "Galileo: a New Science and a New Spirit". The American Scholar. 12 (1): 17. JSTOR 41203634.

[3] Van Helden, Albert (1977). "The Invention of the Telescope". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 67 (4): 20. JSTOR 1006276.

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