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Auguste Lucien Vérité

Auguste Lucien Vérité

1806-1887
French engineer and clockmaker.
Invented a constant power escapement for clocks.
Construction of monumental clocks for the cathedrals of Besançon and Beauvais considered to be one of the most sophisticated achievements.
Application of electricity to clockmaking.

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