Clock

Clock

Any instrument other than a watch for measuring or indicating time, especially a mechanical or electronic device having a numbered dial and moving hands or a digital display.

Industry: Chronometry

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A long tapered metal tube through which air is blown by mouth or bellows to increase the heat of a flame and to direct it on to the point where it is needed when brazing or soldering. The blast from ...

blinking-eye clocks

Chronometry; Clock

Soon after the iron-front case pendulum shelf clocks had been introduced in the United States, a series of one-day lever movement timepieces cased in cast-iron figures appeared. The earliest of these ...

black forest clock

Chronometry; Clock

The Black Forest in south-west Germany embraces the biggest center of clock making in the world. The industry began because of the need for local farmers to adopt some indoor occupation during the ...

birdcage clock

Chronometry; Clock

An ornamental clock constructed in the form of a birdcage containing a mechanical singing bird. The clock movement is in the lower part of the cage and its dial is seen from below when it is hanging ...

binnacle clock

Chronometry; Clock

From about 1812 a marine clock had what is now known as 'ship's bell' striking. The minute hand made a revolution every half hour and the hour had every eight hours; a suitable but unconventional ...