After
his study in Technical physiics at the Technological
University Delft, R. Plomp was from 1953 to 1989 head of
hearing and speech research ar TNO (organisation for applied
scientific research) as well from 1972 to 1994 professor in
experimental audiology at the free University in Amsterdam.
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His
horological interest were aroused by discovering the role of
Christiaan Huygens in the origin of French and English
pendulum clocks. After three articles in Antiquarian
Horology, he published in 1979 the book:
Spring-driven Dutch Pendulum
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