The Count del Verme tells me of a pendulum odometer for the wheel of a carriage.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson
Water clocks and other devices in which natural forces governed a pointer were known in antiquity, as were counters of the type of the odometer.
"The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments"
Robert P. Multhauf
So he opened it, and leaned over to have a look at the odometer to check the mileage.
"Out Like a Light"
Gordon Randall Garrett