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    A chariot clock is a type of mantel/table figural clock in the form of a chariot whose dial is set into the wheel or elsewhere, its origins date back to...
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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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    of cavalry and chariots Model recreation of Han dynasty chariot, from Tomb of Liu Sheng Cavalry Chariot burial Chariot clock Chariot tactics Chuckwagon...
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    Rode Clio, Muse of History (1800) by Charles Meynier Car of History, a chariot clock depicting Clio, by Carlo Franzoni, 1819, in National Statuary Hall Sculpture...
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    The Car of History, a chariot clock by Carlo Franzoni, 1819, depicting Clio (housed in the National Statuary Hall Collection of the United States Capitol)...
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    Moscow which describes the gift as "Angel pulling chariot with egg - 1500 roubles, angel with a clock in a gold egg 600 roubles." According to Marina Lopato...
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    McKellen. Bracket clock Chariot clock Connecticut shelf clock French Empire mantel clock Lighthouse clock Massachusetts shelf clock Simon Willard King...
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    portal American Empire style Chariot clock Empire silhouette French Empire mantel clock Indies Empire style Lighthouse clock Lyre arm Neoclassicism in France...
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    Greece was the first culture in the Mediterranean, then Rome second. Chariot clock Classical tradition Classics Greco-Roman world Greek mythology in western...
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    of Petrópolis, Brazil Carlo Franzoni's life-size sculptural marble chariot clock, the Car of History, depicting Clio, the Greek muse of history (National...
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    Franzoni from Aquia Creek sandstone Carlo Franzoni's 1819 sculptural chariot clock, the Car of History, depicting Clio, the Greek muse of history, in the...
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    a chariot. It is located above the east entrance to the old chamber of the House of Representatives, now called National Statuary Hall. Both clocks are...
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    of a technical evolution which often went back to the Middle Ages. Chariot clock History of science in the Renaissance Renaissance magic 53.3 t at Trajan's...
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  • Chariots of Fire is a 1981 historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on...
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    Automaton (section Clocks)
    of automaton clocks include chariot clocks and cuckoo clocks. The Cuckooland Museum exhibits autonomous clocks. While automaton clocks are largely perceived...
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    south-pointing chariot (or carriage) was an ancient Chinese two-wheeled vehicle that carried a movable pointer to indicate the south, no matter how the chariot turned...
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    The National Watch and Clock Museum (NWCM), located in Columbia, Pennsylvania, is one of a very few museums in the United States dedicated solely to horology...
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    Presiding over the Hall, Carlo Franzoni's 1819 sculptural chariot clock, the Car of History depicts Clio, the Greek muse of history....
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    Chinese engineer Ma Jun creates the first well-documented south-pointing chariot, a precursor to the compass. Its mechanism of action is unclear, though...
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    the chariot clocks or "pendules au char" were an exceptional category within the Empire clocks. Apollo, Diana and Cupid depicted as triumphant chariot drivers...
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  • of the arts - Centrifugal pump - Certosina - Chamber of rhetoric - Chariot clock - Châteaux of the Loire Valley - Chiaroscuro - Chinese porcelain in...
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    Petersburg, possibly including a clock now in the Hermitage Museum. Bourret's interests were not limited to clocks. He served as a juror of the Revolutionary...
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    5546778°E / 38.1922611; 15.5546778 The astronomical clock of Messina is an astronomical clock constructed by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg in 1933...
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  • father Jim Rosenthal appeared in the first episode as a commentator on a chariot race.[citation needed] Series three began on ITV2 on Monday 4 April 2016...
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  • Charlie Brown 1970 (43rd) 0 1 A Long Way from Nowhere 1970 (43rd) 0 1 Chariots of the Gods 1970 (43rd) 0 1 Diary of a Mad Housewife 1970 (43rd) 0 1 Fellini...
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    2007). "Student breaks "Chariots of Fire" record". The Times. London. Retrieved 26 May 2010.[dead link] "George Mears beats the clock in the Great Court Run"...
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    2808 2809 Medley of J. K. Emmett's Yodel Songs George Watson 2810 Ben Hur Chariot Race March New York Military Band 2811 There's A Little Lane Without A...
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  • into a chariot and tries to get Caleb to help. Jack suggests that Lou help to bond with Georgie, and Lou solves the design problems. The chariot works...
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    Flidais's chariot, a chariot drawn by deer. (Irish mythology) Hebo's chariot, a chariot pulled by two dragons. (Chinese mythology) Ukko's chariot, cause...
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    dating of the eggs has evolved. An earlier chronology dated the Blue Serpent Clock Egg to 1887 and identified the egg of 1895 as the Twelve Monograms Egg....
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