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1707 CE–1710 CE

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The physician’s pulse-watch. 2 vols.

FLOYER, Sir John (1649 – 1734)
FLOYER, Sir John (1649 – 1734)

Before watches had hands to record the seconds, Floyer invented a pulse-watch which divided the minute. He was the first to count the pulse with the aid of a watch and to make regular observations on the pulse-rate. T…