George Graham (1674?-1751) was an English clockmaker and inventor and a member of the Royal Society. Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Horology is the science and study of timekeeping devices. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ...

He was partner to the influential English clockmaker Thomas Tompion during the last few years of Tompion's life. Graham is credited with inventing several design improvements to the pendulum clock, inventing the mercury pendulum and also the orrery. However his greatest innovation was the invention of the dead beat escapement. Thomas Tompion Thomas Tompion(1639-1713) was an English master clocksmith known today as the father of English watchmaking. ... A pendulum clock uses a pendulum as its time base. ... Simple gravity pendulum assumes no air resistance and no friction of/at the nail/screw. ... An orrery is a mechanical device that illustrates the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the solar system in heliocentric model. ...

He was buried in the same tomb as his friend and mentor Tompion in Westminster Abbey. The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ...