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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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pedometer
Chronometry; Clock
A device carried on the person, for counting the number of paces walked, and hence determining the distance. Counting was usually carried out by a pawl engaging with a ratchet wheel, the pawl being ...
pedestal clock
Chronometry; Clock
A clock designed with its own pedestal, to stand in the center of a room or against a wall; also sometimes called 'column' clock or 'term' clock. Certain Renaissance clocks were made in this form, ...
pawl
Chronometry; Clock
A click mounted on an oscillating arm used to advance a ratchet wheel. The term is generally used by engineers to denote a click.
parquetry
Chronometry; Clock
A form of marquetry, produced by the same process, in which the pattern, instead of a free arrangement of bird and flower designs or scrolled arabesques, is a geometric layout of different colored ...
speaking clock
Chronometry; Clock
In his journal for 27th April 1762, John Wesley gives a description of a speaking clock made by a Mr. Miller of Lurgan, Ireland. The Paris Exposition of 1900 featured a clock 6 ft. High which ...
spandrels
Chronometry; Clock
The four corners that square off a round clock dial, often featuring painted designs or metal decorations.
