Shortt-synchronome clock

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The Shortt-synchronome free pendulum system was an electromechanical system in which a "free" pendulum was synchronized with a mechanical timekeeping clock by means of electromagnets.

Invented by William Harrison Shortt, it was first demonstrated in 1921, becoming the clock standard used to establish GMT in 1929.

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