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Horologium
The term was used in mediaeval manuscripts to denote any sort of timekeeper, were it a weight-driven clock or a water clock or a sundial. Consequently the researcher has to be wary of the term. The word was also used by the Dutch scientist, Christiaan Huygens, in the title of his work, written in 1658, describing the use of a pendulum to control a clock.
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