Huygens balance spring design
Posted on: September 30, 2020 at 7:20 am, in Uncategorized
Date of event: January 20, 1675
Person responsible: Christian Huygens
Huygens refocused his attention on the physics of vibrations in springs in 1674 and within a year he had developed his ideas into a practical mechanism for timekeeping applications. Huygens first sketch of a watch balance regulated by a coiled spring is dated 20 January 1675 and it was submitted to the Royal Society on 30 January with the title “the axis of a moving circle attached to the center of a metal coil”.