Tompion, Thomas (c. 1639-1713)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4061. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Clockmaker, born in Northill, Bedfordshire, England, made the clocks for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the first clocks to keep Greenwich Mean Time and demonstrate the uniformity of rotation of the Earth. The clocks had 4 m pendulums, with a 2 s swing, and were the reason why the observing room (the Octagon Room at Flamsteed House) was designed by CHRISTOPHER WREN with such high ceilings. Tom...

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