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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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Zebrawood
Chronometry; Clock
A striped, straw-colored African wood that is sliced into veneers to cover an unattractive wood; also called zebrano.
Arbour
Chronometry; Clock
The axle upon which a clock's pinions and wheels are mounted. The arbour carrying the balance or pallets is often called a staff. Before the introduction of economic steel-making methods in the 19th ...
Appointments clock
Chronometry; Clock
An aid for the professional or business man to help in keeping appointments - an aural equivalent of the desk diary. One of the best known early appointments, or memorandum clocks was devised by John ...
Alarm clock
Chronometry; Clock
The earliest mechanical clocks were alarm clocks intended for the use of monks so that services could be held at the appointed ecclesiastical hours; all modern alarm clocks are descended from these ...
Adam style
Chronometry; Clock
The neoclassical style in architecture of the second half of the 18th century, named after its most notable exponent, Robert Adam (1728-1792)
Bluing pan
Chronometry; Clock
The bluing of clock components is normally carried out in a flat thick-bottomed copper bluing pan.
Bob
Chronometry; Clock
Round, weighted end of a clock pendulum. Often made of brass. Decorative feature found in certain mantel and wood case wall clocks.
