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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Table clocks of the 16th century can be divided roughly into two groups, tower clocks and drum clocks. On the former the dial was vertical and on the latter it was horizontal, occupying most of the ...

Burnishers

Chronometry; Clock

A hand tool, generally a length of hardened steel, shaped and sized according to need, with a highly polished surface to burnish or polish metal to a smooth bright finish. Burnishers may be straight ...

Burl

Chronometry; Clock

Decorative pattern in the wood grain caused by a series of irregularities that add to the character of the wood.

Bulle electric clock

Chronometry; Clock

The basic operating principle of the Bulle Clock, invented in the early 1900s by M. T. Favre-Bulle is identical to that of Alexander Bain's invented some 80 years earlier. Bain's sliding-bar contact ...

Book clock

Chronometry; Clock

In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, when elaborate designs were popular for both clocks and watches, a number of clocks were made in the form of a book, with the movement jointed to the case. ...

Arabic numerals

Chronometry; Clock

Most common number style (1, 2, 3, 4, etc. ) used on clock dials.

Drop octagon wall clock

Chronometry; Clock

The octagon wall clock with a lever movement and an 8in. Dial with brass bezel became popular c. 1850 as a timepiece for travelling by sea or rail. The drop octagon, with pendulum movements, striking ...