Wall Clock, 1867
S. A. Kennedy
New York, New York
S. A. Kennedy patented this first American electric clock in 1867. It has an electromagnet, pendulum driven movement, although originally it was recommended that it run on a wet cell battery.
The clock has remarkable similarities to Alexander Bain's original electric clock of 1841. It is one of very few clocks made by Kennedy that is know to exist.
Donated by Florence Slobin, NAWCC #1897, in Memory of her husband, Herman Slobin
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