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Peter Henlein

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Peter Henlein
Mibait23 ya ing Agosto 1485
Nuremberg
Mete1542 (edad 56–57)
Nuremberg
Kapanintunan/propesionTalagawang taranca, talagawang relo
AsawaKundigunde Ernst, (múmúnang asáwa) Maragarete (kaduang asáwa) Walburga Schreyer (katlung asáwa)

I Peter Henlein (a misusúlat mú ring Henle ó Hele) (1485 - Agosto 1542), métung a talagawang tarangca, ampóng talagawang relo ning a Nuremberg, Alemania. Úli ning géwá nang relo nang pang-bulsang kayalkus-pomander ning 1505, ya ing tutúring dang talaimbentu ning relong pang-bulsa.[1][2] He was one of the first craftsmen to make small ornamental portable clocks which were often worn as pendants or attached to clothing,[3] and which are regarded as the first watches. Many sources also erroneously[4][5][6] credit him as the inventor of the mainspring.[7][8][9][10]

  1. Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. USA: Univ. of Chicago Press, 122. ISBN 0-226-15510-2. 
  2. Cipolla, Carlo M. (2004). Clocks and Culture, 1300 to 1700. W.W. Norton & Co., 61. ISBN 0-393-32443-5. , p.31
  3. Carlisle, Rodney P. (2004). Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries. USA: John Wiley & Sons, 143. ISBN 0471244104. 
  4. White, Lynn Jr. (1966). Medieval Technology and Social Change. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 0-19-500266-0. , p.126-127
  5. "There are at least two spring driven clocks extant which predate Henlein's work" Usher, Abbot Payson (1988). A History of Mechanical Inventions. Courier Dover. ISBN 0-486-25593-X. , p.305
  6. Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard (1997). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. Univ. of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-15510-2. , p.121
  7. Milham, Willis I. (1946). Time and Timekeepers. New York: MacMillan, 121. ISBN 0-7808-0008-7. 
  8. Levy, Joel (2003). Really Useful: The Origins of Everyday Things. Firefly Books, 101. ISBN 155297622X. 
  9. "Clock". The New Encyclopædia Britannica. 4. Univ. of Chicago. 1974. p. 747. ISBN 0-85229-290-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb0qAAAAMAAJ&q=peter+Henlein. 
  10. Anzovin, Steve (2000). Famous First Facts: A record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in world history. H.W. Wilson. ISBN 0-8242-0958-3. , p.440