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.

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A small toothed wheel driven by a gear. In clock gear trains a pinion is usually the smaller driven member, and normally has less than 20 teeth, which are termed 'leaves'. The hypocycloidal form is ...

pinch-waisted

Chronometry; Clock

Traditional clock style with the crown and case wider than the part of the clock enclosing the pendulum.

pillar-and-scroll clock

Chronometry; Clock

A shelf clock attributed to Eli Terry, having a column on each side, a scroll-cut pediment and three finials on top.

pillar sundial

Chronometry; Clock

The pillar dial is an altitude dial, sometimes called a 'column' or 'cylinder' dial; the old name was 'chilindre'. It consists of a vertical pillar, usually of constant cross-section, mounted on a ...

Japanese pillar clock

Chronometry; Clock

Pillar clocks, often referred to as 'stick' clocks, were made to hang on the supporting column of a Japanese house, since the screen walls were not designed to support heavy objects. Pillar clocks ...

pillar clock

Chronometry; Clock

Early Gothic clocks usually stood on brackets fastened to the wall, or were hooked to the wall, but such clocks were made to stand on hollow pillars, which contained the weights. As clocks on pillars ...