Flying pendulum clock

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A flying pendulum clock is a clock that uses a flying pendulum escapement mechanism. A small metal ball, connected by string, wraps around one brass post, then unwinds before repeating on the other brass post.

The flying pendulum clock was invented and patented in 1883 by Adler Christian Clausen and J. C. Slafter in Minneapolis.{{cite web|url=http://mysite.verizon.net/time-saver/161T1005.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606013825/http://mysite.verizon.net/time-saver/161T1005.htm |archive-date=2011-06-06 |title=HOROLOVAR IGNATZ FLYING PENDULUM CLOCK|work= Clocks Are Us|access-date=14 April 2010}}{{cite web|title=US Patent 286531|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US286531 |author=Adler Christian Clausen |author2=J. C. Slafter |date=October 9, 1883|website=United States Patent Office|access-date=14 April 2010}} The clock was later called the Ignatz Flying pendulum clock after a character in the Krazy Kat comic. It has been called "the craziest clock in the world" due to the motion of the escapement.