- A
grandfather clock (also a
longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall
clock or
floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum...
-
still officially bankrupt, he had been
keeping a
collection of
antique longcase clocks and
Chinese pottery with a
total value of S$400,000 in
their Peck...
- The
Howard Miller Company is a Zeeland, Michigan,
based manufacturer of
longcase clocks and
other home furnishings.
Howard Miller Clock Company was founded...
- clockmaker.
Examples of
these complex movements can be seen in the many
longcase clocks constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries. By the 19th century...
- from that hung by
Potter in 1906 and
covers the
walls and ceiling. The
longcase clock dated ca. 1785, the Chippendale-style chairs, the Georgian-style...
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Gottlieb Daimler and
Wilhelm Maybach in 1886, when they
tested their new "
longcase clock" engine. It had been
constructed in the
former greenhouse (converted...
-
thoroughly washed pig's gut.
Animal gut was used to make the cord
lines in
longcase clocks and for
fusee movements in
bracket clocks, but may be
replaced by...
- 1588 by
Francis Nowe. One of the
largest is
James Markwick the younger's
longcase clock of 1725,
nearly 3
metres in
height and ****anned.
Other clockmakers...
- combination, with the
prior indicating the hour and the
latter the minute.
Longcase clocks (grandfather clocks)
typically use
Roman numerals for the hours...
-
clockmaker William Clement, who po****rized the
anchor in his
invention of the
longcase or
grandfather clock around 1680. Clement's
invention was a substantial...
