Thomas Mudge
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Thomas Mudge (1715-1794)
Born 1715 in Exeter
Uncle of William Mudge
Clock and watch maker who invented the lever escapement.
Apprenticed to George Graham. c.1755 formed a partnership with William Dutton. His first detached-lever escapement watch was completed in 1770, and purchased by George III for Queen Charlotte. He later moved to Plymouth to devote his time to the perfection of marine chronometers.[1]
1794 Died on 14 November in Walworth
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, edited by Lance Day and Ian McNeil, Routledge, 1996