Possible Joseph Gorgas Tall Case Clock Located by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Certified Clockmaker I was recently engaged by a local moving firm to prepare a "rare Grandfather's clock" for shipment to the West Coast. While making arrangements, I inquired as to the maker and was informed it was Joseph

may be, he comes off second best, because he surely was not the first to apply it. Indeed, a Dutch family named Fromanteel, who had been making clocks in England for some years, sent one son to Holland to work with Huyghens for a while, and upon his return, they introduced the first pendulum clocks in