Knowledge Physicists, astronomers, architects, geometricians, mathematicians, chronometer-makers, watchmakers: these are just some of the interested people who, through the years, have displayed a passion for the measurement of time. Their research led to major discoveries and inventions that are still relevant today. Whether physical or geometrical theories, natural laws or mechanical applications, their fundamental contributions have all made it possible to measure time with greater accuracy, to create timepieces to ever higher specifications while allowing aesthetic qualities to become more refined, and even to design increasingly efficient and modern production methods.
Daniel Bernoulli
(1700 - 1782)
Swiss philosopher, mathematician, physicist and doctor. In 1747, he was awarded the prize of the Académie des Sciences for a treatise on the best way of determining longitude at sea. He published several monographs on the centre of oscillation.