Johann Andreas Klindworth (11 November 1742, in Göttingen – 1813) was an eighteenth-century mechanic and maker of astronomical instruments.
He is credited as being the inventor of the month-going regulator of the Seeberg Observatory in Gotha, Germany, made about 1786.
[1] Despite the poor living conditions of his parents, the young Johann Andreas was able to achieve an extraordinary level of education.
[2] Being an extremely talented man, very clever and really useful for anything, he joined the watchmaking industry as an apprentice to his father after he left school.
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