What discovery made by Galileo helped in the invention of pendulum clock?

Galileo observed that the time period of a simple pendulum is the same for all amplitudes. So a given pendulum always takes the same amount of time for completing an oscillation. 

This property of pendulums is known as isochronism. This discovery by Galileo helped in the invention of pendulum clocks

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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