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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lyre

Chronometry; Clock

Ornamental feature on a pendulum resembling the ancient Greek instrument.

lut line

Chronometry; Clock

The strong thin cord used to hang a clock weight or to connect the mainspring to the fusee in lower-quality fusee clocks, good fusee clocks having chains. The best gut clock lines were made from ...

lunar motion work

Chronometry; Clock

The mechanism driving the lunar dial or hand of a clock.

lunar dial

Chronometry; Clock

An additional dial on a clock face that indicates the phase of the Moon each day. See also Moon Dial.

lunar cycle

Chronometry; Clock

A cycle of 19 years after which the phases of the moon recur on very nearly the same days of the year; also known as the 'Metonic cycle', from its discoverer, in 432 BC, the Athenian astronomer ...

looking-glass clock

Chronometry; Clock

A clock with a box-like case and mirror instead of a painted-glass tablet.

Between the 17th and 19th centuries in Italy, as in other countries, domestic clocks were made to be placed either on brackets or shelves, or to stand on the floor. Many craftsmen made clocks of the ...