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80 relations: Alton, Hampshire, Anchor escapement, Antique, Barrow-in-Furness, Bath, Somerset, Bornholm, Chicago, Cincinnati, Clock face, Codnor, Colchester, Cork (city), County Durham, Daniel Quare, Denmark, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Township, New Jersey, Europe, Finnish Museum of Horology, Floruit, Franche-Comté, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Henry Clay Work, Hermle Clocks, Hold (compartment), Howard Miller Clock Company, Ilmajoki, Isaac Brokaw, James Woolley (clockmaker), John Alker, John Calver, John Harrison, Kingston upon Hull, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Loughborough, Luman Watson, Lurgan, Mechanical advantage, Montrose, Angus, Mora clock, Mora, Sweden, Morbier, Morez, Movement (clockwork), My Grandfather's Clock, Nantwich, Nathaniel Hedge, ..., New Haven, Connecticut, Nottingham, Oxford English Dictionary, Pendulum, Pendulum clock, Piercebridge, Pulley, Pullstring, Rønne, Richard Donisthorp, Ridgeway Clocks, Robert Hooke, Roxbury, Boston, Seconds pendulum, Simon Willard clocks, Stirling, Striking clock, Swaffham, Norfolk, Thomas Tompion, Timothy Mason (clockmaker), Toxteth, Turning, Verge escapement, Wakefield, Warrington, Westminster Quarters, Whittington chimes, Wigan, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Wrexham. Expand index (30 more) »
Alton, Hampshire
Alton is a market town and civil parish in Hampshire, England, near the source of the River Wey.
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Anchor escapement
In horology, the anchor escapement is a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks.
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Antique
A true antique (antiquus; "old", "ancient") is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely to describe any objects that are old.
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Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness, commonly known as Barrow, is a town and borough in Cumbria, England.
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Bath, Somerset
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.
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Bornholm
Bornholm (Burgundaholmr) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of the westernmost part of Poland.
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Cincinnati
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Clock face
A clock face, or dial, is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays the time through the use of a fixed-numbered dial or dials and moving hands.
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Codnor
Codnor is a Derbyshire village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district, and a former mining community, with a population of 3,766 (including Cross Hill) as taken at the 2011 Census.
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Colchester
Colchester is an historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex.
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Cork (city)
Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.
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County Durham
County Durham (locally) is a county in North East England.
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Daniel Quare
Daniel Quare (1648 or 1649 – 21 March 1724) was an English clockmaker and instrument maker who Invented a repeating watch movement in 1680 and a portable barometer in 1695.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Elizabeth Township, New Jersey
Elizabeth Township, also called Elizabethtown, was a township that existed in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, from 1664 until 1855.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Finnish Museum of Horology
The Finnish Museum of Horology (Suomen Kellomuseo, Finlands Urmuseum) is a horological museum located in exhibition centre WeeGee house in Tapiola, Espoo.
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Floruit
Floruit, abbreviated fl. (or occasionally, flor.), Latin for "he/she flourished", denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.
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Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté (literally "Free County", Frainc-Comtou dialect: Fraintche-Comtè; Franche-Comtât; Freigrafschaft; Franco Condado) is a former administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France.
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Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Gainsborough is a town in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.
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Henry Clay Work
Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 – June 8, 1884) was an American composer and songwriter.
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Hermle Clocks
Clocks (HUM Uhrenmanufaktur GmbH & Co. KG) was founded in 1922 in the Gosheim, Swabian Alb region of Southern Germany by Franz Hermle & Sons.
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Hold (compartment)
View of the hold of a container ship A ship's hold or cargo hold is a space for carrying cargo.
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Howard Miller Clock Company
The Howard Miller Company is a Zeeland, Michigan based manufacturer of longcase clocks and other home furnishings.
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Ilmajoki
Ilmajoki (Ilmola) is a municipality of Finland.
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Isaac Brokaw
Isaac Brokaw (March 9, 1746 – September 16, 1826) was a clockmaker from New Jersey.
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James Woolley (clockmaker)
James Wolley (ca.1695 – 22 November 1786) was a watch and clockmaker from Codnor, Derbyshire.
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John Alker
John Alker (fl. 1797–1832), aka Alker of Wigan, was one of a family of longcase clock makers from Wigan, Lancashire.
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John Calver
John Calver (ca. 1695 – 12 April 1751) was an English clockmaker based in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
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John Harrison
John Harrison (– 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea.
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Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.
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Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is on the River Lune and has a population of 52,234; the wider City of Lancaster local government district has a population of 138,375. Long a commercial, cultural and educational centre, Lancaster gives Lancashire its name. The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family, whilst the Duchy of Lancaster holds large estates on behalf of Elizabeth II, who is also the Duke of Lancaster. Lancaster is an ancient settlement, dominated by Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory Church and the Ashton Memorial. It is also home to Lancaster University and a campus of the University of Cumbria.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Loughborough
Loughborough is a town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, seat of Charnwood Borough Council, and home to Loughborough University.
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Luman Watson
Luman Watson was an early Cincinnati clockmaker.
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Lurgan
Lurgan is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Mechanical advantage
Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.
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Montrose, Angus
Montrose (Monadh Rois) is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland.
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Mora clock
Gustavian Mora clocks are a type of longcase clock which were made in, and derived their name from, the town of Mora in Dalarna province, Sweden.
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Mora, Sweden
Mora is a locality and the seat of Mora Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 10,896 inhabitants in 2010.
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Morbier
Morbier is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Morez
Morez is a former commune of the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Movement (clockwork)
In horology, a movement, also known as a caliber, is the mechanism of a clock or watch, as opposed to the case, which encloses and protects the movement, and the face, which displays the time.
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My Grandfather's Clock
"Grandfather's Clock" is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia".
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Nantwich
Nantwich is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England.
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Nathaniel Hedge
Nathaniel Hedge (born 1710) was an English clockmaker based in Colchester in Essex.
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New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.
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Pendulum
A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely.
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Pendulum clock
A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element.
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Piercebridge
Piercebridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England.
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Pulley
A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt, or transfer of power between the shaft and cable or belt.
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Pullstring
A pullstring (pull string, pull-string), pullcord (pull cord, pull-cord), or pullchain (pull-chain, pull chain) is a string, cord, or chain wound on a spring-loaded spindle that engages a mechanism when it is pulled.
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Rønne
Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
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Richard Donisthorp
Richard Donisthorp (fl. 1797) was an English clockmaker in Loughborough.
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Ridgeway Clocks
Ridgeway Clocks is a division of Howard Miller Company, and is a producer of longcase clocks, mantle clocks, and wall clocks.
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke FRS (– 3 March 1703) was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath.
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Roxbury, Boston
Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and a currently officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Seconds pendulum
A seconds pendulum is a pendulum whose period is precisely two seconds; one second for a swing in one direction and one second for the return swing, a frequency of 1/2 Hz.
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Simon Willard clocks
Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston, by Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848), a celebrated U.S. clockmaker.
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Stirling
Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland.
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Striking clock
A striking clock (also known as chiming clock) is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell or gong.
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Swaffham, Norfolk
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
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Thomas Tompion
Thomas Tompion (1639–1713) was an English clockmaker, watchmaker and mechanician who is still regarded to this day as the Father of English Clockmaking.
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Timothy Mason (clockmaker)
Timothy Mason (1695–1734) was a clockmaker based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
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Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner city area of Liverpool, England.
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Turning
Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotary tool bit, describes a helix toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates.
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Verge escapement
The verge (or crown wheel) escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by allowing the gear train to advance at regular intervals or 'ticks'.
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Wakefield
Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the eastern edge of the Pennines, which had a population of 99,251 at the 2011 census.
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Warrington
Warrington is a large town and unitary authority area in Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey, east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester.
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Westminster Quarters
The Westminster Quarters is the most common name for a clock chime melody used by a set of four bells to chime on each quarter-hour.
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Whittington chimes
Whittington chimes is the name of a clock chime melody, also called St. Mary's.
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Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester.
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Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, about from the sea coast.
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Wrexham
Wrexham (Wrecsam) is the largest town in the north of Wales and an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clock
