Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué


Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué was the author of the third astronomical clock of Strasbourg Cathedral, built between 1838 and 1843.
In 1844 Schwilgué, together with his son Charles, patented a key-driven calculating machine, which seems to be the third key-driven machine in the world, after that of Luigi Torchi and James White.
He produced a number of clocks for church towers, of which the only one still functioning in Strasbourg is that of Saint Aurelia’s Church, Strasbourg.

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