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Chronometry
The science of the measurement of time.
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figure-8 clock
Chronometry; Clock
The American Howard Watch and Clock Co. (E. Howard & Co. ) introduced, c. 1870, their weight-operated timepieces, Nos. 6-10. The cases were made of polished black walnut, and the ...
figure clock
Chronometry; Clock
Any clock with moving figures and more specifically with a human figure or figures, either forming part of the decoration of the case or partially involved in the movement. ...
fiddle-cased clock
Chronometry; Clock
The term 'fiddle-cased clock' was applied to any clock narrow in the center and swelling out at the base, to give roughly the shape of a violin.
drawplate
Chronometry; Clock
A hardened steel plate in which a number of graduated, tapering, round or suitably shaped holes have been formed to enable wire to be drawn successively through diminishing sizes ...
drawbench
Chronometry; Clock
A long, strongly built bench used for drawing lengths of wire to a desired section. One end of the bench is fitted with a large capstan or wheel, and the other has supports to ...
automatic winding
Chronometry; Clock
A mechanism for winding a clock automatically at regular intervals. Large turret clocks require a great deal of effort to wind manually, and are increasingly being converted to ...
Babylonian hours
Chronometry; Clock
A system of hour reckoning in which the whole day-and-night period was divided into 24 equal parts with the numbering starting at sunrise. The system was used in Bohemia and ...
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