Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue

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Born Jean-Baptiste Sosime Schwilgue in December 1776, Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue was the original architect of the third (3rd) astronomical clock situated in Strasbourg Cathedral.

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Early Life

As a boy, Jean-Baptiste showed great interest in mechanics, and with the help of the simplest tools available to him, he produced various machines and instruments, by which he made special conceivable improvements.

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Invention 1

– The masterpiece of Schwilgué’s life was the third astronomical clock of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg (see the nearby photo).

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Invention 2

In 1844 Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué alongside his son, Charles-Antoine, patented a key-driven adding machine in 1844, remarkably regarded as one of the earliest key-driven machines in the world.

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Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue: Marriage

His wife, Anne Marie “Thérèse” Hihn, was a daughter of the confectioner Charles Hihn and Thérèse Baldenberger.

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