Clock

Description

Brass clock of rolling ball type with Congreve escapement, patented 1808, but signed Robert Bryson, Edinburgh, 1804

Museum reference

T.1972.127

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Clock

Production information

Bryson, Robert, 1778 - 1852, Clockmaker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1804 - 1808

Materials

Brass

Physical description

Brass; mounted on a velvet-covered plinth

Associations

Congreve, William, Sir, 1772 - 1828

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

Links to other web pages

Collection Story

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
natural world, earth in space »
space (telling the time)