Auguste-Lucien Vérité

Auguste-Lucien Vérité (21 October 1806 – 19 July 1887) was a French clockmaker, the creator of the Besançon astronomical clock[1] and the Beauvais astronomical clock.[2]

Auguste-Lucien Vérité
Born(1806-10-21)21 October 1806
Beauvais, France
Died19 July 1887(1887-07-19) (aged 80)
OccupationClockmaker

Vérité also did pioneering work on clock synchronisation. Working for the Chemins de fer du Nord railway company, he installed a clock network at Gare du Nord in Paris with all the station clocks regulated by electromagnetic impulse from a single master clock.[1]

References
  1. "Auguste-Lucien Vérité". Cathédrale de Besançon et son horloge astronomique (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. "Horloge astronomique d'Auguste Vérité de Beauvais". Association Beauvais Cathédrale (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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