According to Tolkien's illustration of the Hall of Bag-End that he drew for
The Hobbit, on the right (from the viewer's perspective) wall there appears to be a pendulum clock.
If that's the case, it shows how 'advanced' the hobbits were; because such a clock was invented by Dutch scientist and inventor Christiaan Huygens in 1656, and patented the following year. This invention, according to one book, meant that the accuracy of clocks could be improved to about 10 seconds per 24 hours:
https://books.google.ie/books?id=1jw...istory&f=false
There's also the issue of what looks like a barometer, on the wall to the left of the open door...
