An astronomical clock, horologium, or orloj is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions...
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The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː orloj]) is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in...
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The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. It is the third clock on that spot and dates...
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The Brno astronomical clock (Czech: Brněnský orloj) is a black stone monument in Brno, Czech Republic. It is situated at Náměstí Svobody, the main square...
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Lund astronomical clock, occasionally and at least since the 16th century referred to as Horologium mirabile Lundense (Latin: "the wonderful clock in Lund")...
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his astronomical clock,[citation needed] which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour. It is the first carillon clock as it...
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Olomouc Astronomical Clock (Czech: Olomoucký orloj) is part of the northern wall of the town hall of Olomouc, Czech Republic. The astronomical clock was built...
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The Gdańsk astronomical clock is a fifteenth-century astronomical clock in St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk, Poland. The clock was constructed between 1464–1470...
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1922611°N 15.5546778°E / 38.1922611; 15.5546778 The astronomical clock of Messina is an astronomical clock constructed by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg...
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The Beauvais Astronomical Clock is a nineteenth-century astronomical clock in Beauvais Cathedral in northern France. The clock was built between 1865...
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Besançon astronomical clock is housed in Besançon Cathedral. Auguste-Lucien Vérité of Beauvais designed and built Besançon's present astronomical clock, between...
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astronomical clock (French: Horloge astronomique de Lyon) is a seventeenth-century astronomical clock in Lyon Cathedral. The 9 m (30 ft) tall clock is...
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The Münster astronomical clock is an astronomical clock in Münster Cathedral in Münster, Germany. The clock, built between 1540 and 1542, is one of the...
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outflow type and were cylindrical in shape. Use of the water clock as an aid to astronomical calculations dates back to the Old Babylonian Empire (c. 2000...
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The Rostock astronomical clock is a fifteenth-century astronomical clock in St. Mary's Church, Rostock. The astronomical clock was built in 1472 by Hans...
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reserved for more specialized applications, such as astronomical clocks and chronometers. Most analog clocks and watches today use the 12-hour dial, on which...
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The Bourges astronomical clock is an astronomical clock in Bourges Cathedral in Bourges, France. The clock was designed by Jean Fusoris and installed in...
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Hampton Court astronomical clock is a sixteenth-century astronomical clock in Hampton Court Palace in England. The clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse...
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after the defeat on White Mountain. The Prague Astronomical Clock struck according to the Old Bohemian Clock until its destruction in 1945. The variant with...
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rings Astrarium – Timepiece and astronomical prediction device Astrolabe – Astronomical instrument Astronomical clock – Clock with special mechanisms and...
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elephant clock. Richard of Wallingford (1292–1336), English mathematician, astronomer and abbot, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, astronomical clock of Abbey...
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Zytglogge (category Astronomical clocks in Switzerland)
symbols and the oldest monument of the city, and with its 15th-century astronomical clock, a major tourist attraction. It is a heritage site of national significance...
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The Ploërmel Astronomical Clock is a 19th-century astronomical clock in Ploërmel in Brittany, in north-west France. The clock was built and operational...
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History of timekeeping devices (redirect from History of clocks)
his astronomical clock,[citation needed] which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour. It is the first carillon clock as it...
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The Exeter Cathedral Astronomical Clock is a fifteenth-century astronomical clock in Exeter Cathedral, England. It displays the hour of the day, the day...
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Cathedral astronomical clock was the earliest example of a large clock with automata in England, and the first to possess an astronomical dial. It replaced...
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Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers...
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Lund Cathedral (section Astronomical clock)
in 1398, and it also contains Gothic choir stalls, bronzes and an astronomical clock from the 15th century (although heavily restored in 1923). When it...
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Jens Olsen's World Clock or Verdensur is an advanced astronomical clock which is displayed in Copenhagen City Hall. The clock was designed and calculated...
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of the most accurate pendulum clocks, called astronomical regulators. These precision instruments, installed in clock vaults in naval observatories and...
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