Shortt clock

Shortt clock

English

Etymology

Invented in 1921 by British railway engineer William Hamilton Shortt in collaboration with horologist Frank Hope-Jones.

Noun

Shortt clock (plural Shortt clocks)

  1. A complex precision electromechanical pendulum clock.
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