People William Hamilton Shortt (1881-1971)
Railway engineer, who began experimenting with precision timekeeping in collaboration with Frank Hope-Jones, director of the Synchronome Company, from 1912. Shortt's 'Free Pendulum', patented in 1921, remained the time standard until the invention of quartz and atomic technology in the 1950s.
Image of William Hamilton Shortt from the Synchronome Company, used under a CCASA 4.0 licence.
Image of William Hamilton Shortt from the Synchronome Company, used under a CCASA 4.0 licence.