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Chronometry
The science of the measurement of time.
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graver
Chronometry; Clock
A cutting tool of hardened steel, square or lozenge-shaped in section and of varying thickness. One end has a tang for fitting in a handle and the other is ground off at an angle ...
grasshopper escapement
Chronometry; Clock
The very poor quality of oil led the brothers James and John Harrison to develop a clock escapement which would run without oil. The brass frame carrying the pallet arms is ...
grandfather clock
Chronometry; Clock
The name for a floor standing clock in a tall, upright case; originally called a long-case or tall-case clock.
grande sonnerie striking
Chronometry; Clock
In clocks with quarter striking the first, second and third quarters are indicated by striking from one to three strokes on a bell differing in tone from the hour bell. In clocks ...
gothic-on-frame clocks
Chronometry; Clock
As small spring-driven shelf clocks became popular, Birge & Fuller of Bristol, Connecticut, introduced c. 1844 an eight-day movement powered by Joseph Ives's patented ...
gothic case
Chronometry; Clock
A case shaped like a Gothic arch; also called a beehive clock because its sloping sides give it an appearance similar to a beehive.
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