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Horology, Science of time, timekeepers, and timekeeping: The Index (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors)
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clock : a device other than a watch for indicating or measuring time commonly by means of hands moving on a dial; broadly : any periodic system by which time is measured — Webster
International Dictionary of Clocks (Alan Smith), OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary, Urban Dictionary
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Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
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Time and Frequency from A to Z: A to Al (NIST)
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Clock is an instrument used to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. In general usage today a “clock” refers to any device for measuring and displaying the time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to consistently measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units: the day; the lunar month; and the year. Devices operating on several different physical processes have been used over the millennia, culminating in the clocks of today. — Wikipedia
Clocks & Watches (David Darling’s Internet Encyclopedia of Science), Britannica
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NIST Physical Measurement Lab, Time and Frequency Division
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20 Clocks in culture (Amy Blumsom, The Telegraph)
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Top 26 Clock Jokes: What time Is It?… It’s Time To Laugh (The Well Made Clock)
Clock Hmor at its finest (Reddit)
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Foam Bath Fish Time (Kevin Savetz)
Foam bath toys magically arrange themselves to tell you the time of day in the four time zones of the United States and any time zone relative to GMT.
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Conception of Clocks: Clocks in Literature (Rachel Brain)
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OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
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Redisplaying the York automaton clock
by Blog Coordinator on September 28, 2018 at 2:35 pm
This post was written by Daniela Corda Over summer 2018, Matthew Read, Director, Bowes Centre, and I were commissioned to condition survey, part disassemble, pack for transportation, and reassemble an eighteenth-century automaton clock on behalf of York Museums … Continue reading &rarr […]
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A clock to remember the Zeppelin raids over London
by Peter de Clercq - Editor of AHS Journal on December 1, 2017 at 2:09 pm
A recent article published in Antiquarian Horology, entitled ‘A Time to Remember’, focuses on a pocket watch in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich that had been recovered from the Titanic, which sank in 1912 after hitting an … Continue reading &rarr […]
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And now for something different
by Blog Coordinator on November 16, 2017 at 2:17 pm
This post was written by David Read, Society Member In the world of watch collectors there are many who dislike finding that a pocket watch case has been engraved with the owner’s name, or to record it … Continue reading &rarr […]
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Two-timing
by Peter de Clercq - Editor of AHS Journal on July 19, 2017 at 12:27 pm
The dictionary defines ‘two-timing’ as ‘to be unfaithful to a spouse or lover’ or ‘to deceive, to double-cross’. But that’s not what I want to talk about. What I have in mind here is people who put the … Continue reading &rarr […]
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Discovering a Japanese lantern clock
by Blog Coordinator on May 12, 2017 at 10:30 am
This post was written by Daniela Corda, student at West Dean College As a Post Graduate Diploma student of the Conservation of Clocks program at West Dean College, one of my recent projects has been to restore safe … Continue reading &rarr […]