John Fromanteel - Minerva Fromanteel bracket clock, in rosewood case on matching wall bracket.
Join Dr John C Taylor OBE from the Clocktime digital museum as he discusses the movement and striking of the Minerva Fromanteel Bracket Clock, circa 1664.
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This is a view of the going train of the Minerva Fromanteel. It's on the three side (III) of the clock and we're looking in and you can see the whole of the train. The pendulum is ticking away there, driving the pallets, which you can see sparkling as they go in and out. Nice and close now and you can see the slight recoil that the pendulum exerts onto the escape wheel for each tick. And now right in, close up, seeing the pallets themselves in focus and you can again see the recoil of each tick of the pendulum, both the tick and the tock has a recoil, which actually stops the clock and moves it backwards. Here, coming now into slow motion where you can actually see the recoil more easily. Now, we've moved across to the nine side (IX) to see the strike train. The train is partially wound onto the fusee and this is looking at the escape wheel again, right through the width of the clock from the other side. Moving a bit further out, again, you can see the strike train operating. You can see the little pin engaged. Now it's striking and running the air damper and it struck three o'clock.