Answer the following in brief:
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tenth century
same time
1656
seventeenth century
Aryabhata
1600
Christiaan Huygens
much more accurate
mechanical timekeeping
The invention of the pendulum clock in the was considered a major breakthrough in timekeeping because it was than earlier mechanical clocks driven by weights, gears, and springs.
The pendulum clock worked on the principle that a pendulum of a given length takes nearly the to complete each oscillation. This regular motion allowed the clock to measure time more precisely. Invented by in , the pendulum clock greatly improved the accuracy of and remained one of the most reliable methods of measuring time for many years.