A Congreve clock (also known as Congreve's Rolling Ball Clock or Oscillating Path Rolling Ball Clock) is a type of clock that uses a ball rolling along...
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A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in...
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Industrial Revolution in the United States. August 24 – William Congreve patents the Congreve clock with a rolling ball regulator. Bryan Donkin patents a steel...
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clock, which used pennies instead of balls. Congreve clock Weingarten, Gene (25 February 2007). "A Clock and Ball Story". The Washington Post. Retrieved...
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was patented by William Congreve. It is on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. He made a sidereal clock for the City Observatory...
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answered. Hirzhorn is currently building one of Keith's designs, a Congreve clock, and jumps at the chance to help him in return. Hirzhorn arranges for...
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took up horology and constructed several complex clocks, including an improved model of the Congreve clock. Norman Moody was made a Fellow of the Institution...
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fougasses, were detonated by flintlocks. Flintlocks were also used to launch Congreve rockets. A flintlock tinder lighter, or tinder pistol, was a device that...
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firearm configuration – Thorneycroft carbine Chobham armour Congreve rocket – William Congreve Depth charge Dreadnought battleship – HMS Dreadnought The...
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Austrian clock producer. Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849), Swiss chronometer maker, Le Locle, marine chronometer, tourbillon. Willam Congreve (1772–1828)...
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manufacture. One example was the innovative Congreve Rocket, designed and (from 1805) manufactured on site by William Congreve (son of the Comptroller of the Royal...
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Colt (1814–1862), U.S. – Revolver development Sir William Congreve (1772–1828), UK – Congreve rocket George Constantinescu (1881–1965), Romania – creator...
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under the rule of Hyder Ali. The Congreve rocket was a British weapon designed and developed by Sir William Congreve in 1804. This rocket was based directly...
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Theatre, London Sung by Mrs. Kitty Clive at her benefit performance of William Congreve's The Way of the World (Act III). Music composed in London, 1740...
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replica clocks (over 10,000 built in limited editions): from 1972 to 1980 ten types of replica clocks (including the Benjamin Franklin Clock, Congreve Rolling...
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developed by Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842). 1804: The Congreve rocket, a weapon, invented by Sir William Congreve (1772–1828). 1830s: The safety fuse invented...
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Popje and a drawing room ceiling by Simon Gilligan. A clock tower in the forecourt houses a water clock designed and constructed by Reginald Brabazon, 13th...
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as they knew that water supply would be problematic. Colonel William Congreve, a military engineer who was later knighted, proposed the use of hydropneumatic...
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attic, a man was turning a crank to power the device. In 1827, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet devised a machine running on capillary action that would disobey...
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provide warning of British incursions. English military engineer William Congreve observed that at the Battle of Vervik of 1793 French commanders directed...
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The first iteration of British Island Airways had its head office at Congreve House in Redhill. Population, type of home ownership and population density...
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same year, the opera Semele by John Eccles —with a libretto by William Congreve— was not even premiered. Just as in Germany works with recitative in German...
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winds and tides in Chinese rivers, and were armed with heavy guns and Congreve rockets. Several of the larger British warships in China (notably the third-rates...
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Traditionally they have a distinct hint of lemon. The playwright William Congreve mentioned Shrewsbury cakes in his play The Way of the World in 1700 as...
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writer and friend to Lord Cobham who visited in the 1720s was William Congreve; in 1730 James Thomson wrote the poem The Seasons after visiting the gardens;...
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Hanson's map of 1778, the site is now bounded by Great Charles Street, Congreve Street, Paradise Street and Easy Row with Edmund Street running through...
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Forster lordships and The Congreve Arms throughout the Congreves' ownership.: 3 : 48 The building has a large black and gold clock set into the gable, and...
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Flesh by Samuel Butler The Way of the World and Other Plays by William Congreve The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck...
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Banmin chohoki 1693 in literature – The Old Bachelor and The Double Dealer (Congreve), The Carnal Prayer Mat (Li Yu), Some Thoughts Concerning Education (Locke)...
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