- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- The
Howard Miller Company is a Zeeland, Michigan,
based manufacturer of
longcase clocks and
other home furnishings.
Howard Miller Clock Company was founded...
-
known as the Oval
Office grandfather clock, is an 8-foot-10-inch (269 cm)
longcase clock, made
between 1795 and 1805 in
Boston by John and
Thomas Seymour...
-
items that have been
handed in
include a
wedding dress,
ashes in an urn, a
longcase clock, a
kitchen sink, and
several wheelchairs. In ****an, a combination...
-
Gottlieb Daimler and
Wilhelm Maybach in 1886, when they
tested their new "
longcase clock" engine. It had been
constructed in the
former greenhouse (converted...
- 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...
- a
skilled joiner, made at
least three precision longcase clocks,
again with the
movements and
longcase made of oak and
lignum vitae. The grid-iron pendulum...
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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...
