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 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 ...

pediment

Chronometry; Clock

The decorative top of a case, above the cornice.

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 ...