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Larcum Kendall (* 21. September 1719 in Charlbury, Oxfordshire; † 22. November 1790 in London) war ein britischer Uhrmacher. Er ist berühmt für seine Chronometer. Die Zeitmesser K1, K2 und K3 werden heute in The Old Royal Observatory, einem Teil des National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, aufbewahrt.
Larcum Kendall (21 September 1719 in Charlbury, Oxfordshire – 22 November 1790 in London) was a British watchmaker.
Kendall, Larcum (1719-90) was born on 21 September 1719 at Charlbury in Oxfordshire, the elder of two children of Moses Kendall, Mercer and Linen Draper, and Anne Larcum (originally of Chipping Wiccombe, Bucks) who married on 18 June 1718. His parents were both Quakers and he had one brother, Moses.
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5. Juli 2023 · British Horological Institute. 456 subscribers. Subscribed. 395. 12K views 9 months ago. We visited the workshops at the Old Royal Observatory, Greenwich to get a deep-dive look at this amazing...
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Larcum Kendall - Who Was He? A Blue Plaque in honour of the 18th Century watch- and clock-maker, Larcum Kendall, was erected in 2014 at his birthplace in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. 1 As I discovered during my research in preparation for applying to the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board for its support for the project, there is actually precious ...
Larcum Kendall, London, c.1771 ‘K2’. One-day marine timekeeper ZAA0078. Following the successful production by Larcum Kendall of a replica of H4, the Board of Longitude sought Kendall’s opinion as to whether he might be able to simplify Harrison’s design and produce a timekeeper which was of significantly lower cost.
8. Juni 2016 · The reason this giant of horological history is relatively unknown is because Larcum Kendall was a superlative craftsman rather than an inventor, with his best works being the execution of creations imagined by other great watchmakers. Kendall was the epitome of the “watchmaker’s watchmaker,” and the world we know today would ...
