What is George Graham (clockmaker)?
[[Image:Graham portrait.jpg|thumb|George Graham]] '''George Graham''' (1673 in [[Cumberland]], [[England]] - November 16, 1751, [[London]]) was an [[England|English]] [[watch]]maker and [[inventor]]. .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=%28Surname=%27graham%27%29&dsqPos=4 |title=Library and Archive catalogue |publisher=.royalsociety.org |accessdate=2012-04-12 |archive-date=2013-01-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113065703/http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=(Surname='graham')&dsqPos=4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>He was a member of the [[British Royal Society]]. He was a close friend of the well known [[clock]]maker [[Thomas Tompion]]. Graham invented many improvements to the pendulum clock. He invented the [[mercury (element)|mercury]] compensating [[pendulum]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, George}} [[Category:1673 births]] [[Category:1751 deaths]] [[Category:English inventors]] [[Category:People from Cumbria]]