Editing 1657 in science (section)

==Technology==
* [[Christiaan Huygens]] [[patent]]s his [[1656 in science|1656]] design for a [[pendulum clock]] and the first example is made for him by [[Salomon Coster]] at [[The Hague]].<ref>{{cite book|author=van den Ende, Hans|title=Huygens's Legacy: The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock|publisher=Fromanteel Ltd|year=2004|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
* ''approx. date'' – The [[anchor escapement]] for [[clock]]s is probably invented by [[Robert Hooke]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Milham|first= Willis I.|title=Time and Timekeepers|year=1945|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-7808-0008-3|page=146}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Glasgow|first=David|title=Watch and Clock Making|year=1885|publisher=Cassell|location=London|url=https://archive.org/details/watchandclockma00glasgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/watchandclockma00glasgoog/page/n279 293]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Headrick |first=Michael |year=2002 |title=Origin and Evolution of the Anchor Clock Escapement |journal=Control Systems Magazine |publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |volume=22 |issue=2 |url=http://www.geocities.com/mvhw/anchor.html |accessdate=2007-06-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025120920/http://geocities.com/mvhw/anchor.html |archivedate=October 25, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Reid|first=Thomas|title=Treatise on Clock and Watch-making, Theoretical and Practical|publisher=Carey & Lea|year=1832|location=Philadelphia|url=https://archive.org/details/treatiseonclock01reidgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/treatiseonclock01reidgoog/page/n198 184]}}</ref>