Chronometry

Chronometry

The science of the measurement of time.

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monstrance clock

Chronometry; Clock

A monstrance is a vessel used in the Roman Catholic Church to display the consecrated bread; clocks are known made in a shape similar to that of this receptacle. The movement is ...

parlor clock

Chronometry; Clock

The carved-case Victorian clock of the mid-to-late 1800s, typically made of walnut, designed to be placed on a shelf or mantel in the parlor.

parcel gilding

Chronometry; Clock

Partly gilding. Normally, a term used in connection with partially gilded domestic objects made of silver, it also applies to parcel-gilt clock dials and in some instances ...

papier mache

Chronometry; Clock

Originally, 'mashed paper', mixed with glue and other materials, which could be moulded. In the early Victorian period there was a vogue for small items of furniture made from ...

paperweight clock, japanese

Chronometry; Clock

Paperweight or doctor's clocks are small spring-driven timepieces (average length about 4 1/4in. ). They resemble pillar clocks, being long and thin with a linear dial that shows ...

gathering pallet

Chronometry; Clock

In striking work, the arm sometimes called a 'tumbler' which restores the rack to its resting position, gathering one tooth for each blow struck during the striking action.

entry and exit pallet

Chronometry; Clock

The entry pallet is the first encountered by an escape-wheel tooth. The exit pallet is that encountered as a tooth leaves engagement with the pallets.