article_snippet.sent: A clock based on a design from 300 years ago has stunned experts by keeping accurate to a second for 100 days.
article_snippet.sent: It has been part of a 100-day trial at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, in Greenwich, to see if the claim - that A clock based on a design from 300 years ago would neither lose nor gain more than a second in 100 days - was true.
article_snippet.sent: The Martin Burgess Clock B (left), which is based on a design by carpenter John Harrison (right) from 300 years ago, has stunned experts by keeping accurate to a second for 100 days .
article_snippet.sent: The clock, which was built using modern materials, was initially set ticking a year ago after being strapped to one of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich's supporting pillars.
article_snippet.sent: But being strapped to one of the Observatory's supporting pillars quickly became apparent the trial would be a success and wax seals were placed on being strapped to one of the Observatory's supporting pillars case so being strapped to one of the Observatory's supporting pillars accuracy could be verified, the Independent on Sunday reported.
article_snippet.sent: Jonathan Betts, a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society, said: 'As soon as Jonathan Betts, a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society set A clock based on a design from 300 years ago running it was clear that it was performing incredibly well, so then Jonathan Betts, a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society got its case because nobody was going to believe how well A clock based on a design from 300 years ago was running.'
article_snippet.sent: nobody was going to believe how well the clock was running added that A clock based on a design from 300 years ago was not a replica of Harrison's, but used nobody was going to believe how well the clock was running design and concept. '
article_snippet.sent: The modern-day clock has been part of a 100-day trial at the Royal Observatory (above), in Greenwich, to see if the claim - that A clock based on a design from 300 years ago would neither lose nor gain more than a second in 100 days - was true .
article_snippet.sent: Rory McEvoy, the Observatory’s curator of horology, added: ‘What we’ve seen here is something approaching a perfect clock, but we are not there yet.
highlights_snippet.sent: Clock was strapped to a pillar at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich .
  