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the mechanism of turret clocks must be more powerful than that of ordinary clocks. Traditional turret clocks are large pendulum clocks run by hanging weights...

Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers...

second. Clocks have different ways of displaying the time. Analog clocks indicate time with a traditional clock face and moving hands. Digital clocks display...

specialised in mantel clocks, he began to concentrate on turret clocks. Succeeding to the business in 1811, he went on to erect clocks for several important...

the first to shrink and adapt for his purpose a lantern gear, used in turret clocks and water wheels. This innovation allowed the device to resist the strength...

running down by the more constant force of gravity acting on a weight. In turret clocks, it serves to separate the large forces needed to drive the hands from...

discovery of the Salisbury clock in 1928. Dating mistakes for old turret clocks are not uncommon. The Dover Castle clock was initially dated in the 14th...

Sayler (1597–1668), German watchmaker, Ulm, rolling ball clock, turret clocks, table clocks. Nicolas Lemaindre (1598–1652), French clockmaker, Blois,...

for last time'". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 August 2010. R P Howgrave-Graham, New light on ancient turret clocks Antiquarian Horology, 1954....

He made turret clocks such as those for York Minster (much modified over the years) and the Bar Convent in York. One of his bracket clocks may also be...

623  The home pendulum clock was replaced by less-expensive synchronous electric clocks in the 1930s and '40s. Pendulum clocks are now kept mostly for...

building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding...

A clock tower is an architectural structure housing a turret clock. Clock Tower may also refer to: Abraj Al Bait, Mecca, also known as the Clock Towers...

Croydon Clocktower is an arts and museum complex located on Katharine Street in Croydon, London. The venue, which forms part of the 19th-century Town Hall...

purchasers of turret clocks to 1902). The business of John Moore, a former apprentice, was acquired in 1899. Up to 1900, 2978 domestic clocks were made with...

mechanical wheel clock and its widespread use in turret clocks. With the onset of industrialization, working hours became tied to the clock rather than to...

powered mechanical clocks that were used before quartz clocks were introduced in the 1980s. The first experimental electric clocks were constructed around...

The Torre delle Ore or Torre dell'Orologio is a clock-tower or turret clock located on Via Fillungo in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. Medieval...

16th century clocks), the Cotehele Clock may well be the oldest working turret clock in the UK. Even though large numbers of turret clocks were installed...

comparison with those clocks makes it likely that it was constructed in the late 15th century. Sometime after 1670, the clock was converted from verge...