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December 13, 2005
Leap Seconds
Get a lesson in prime numbers when you own the only clock in the world that actually keeps Prime Time, and which displays the time only if it's a prime number
Sixties Magician using many watches
Frank Lloyd Wright inspired clocks
Clayton Boyer's Homemade Wooden Clocks
Alarm clocks are bad. How to wake up and feel better
The first Seiko watch that uses flexible e-paper
From Mark Headrick's Horology Page - Escapements in Motion
Pong clock - one round of Pong every minute
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come…
Stop All the Clocks by W.H. Auden
Blowfly by Ena Macana
Goodbye! I am leaving on a 3-week vacation. However, I prepared daily posts that will continue both here and on my new blog (Details tomorrow). So, keep reading as usual. Many More Unusual Clocks and Watches Here
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Have a great trip.
Posted by: ILuvNUFC at Dec 13, 2005 10:06:31 AM
Bon Voyage! Have a great holiday
Posted by: Julie at Dec 13, 2005 12:55:40 PM
John Harrison was a famous English clock maker who invented the sea clock, as well many other advances. Three of his wooden clocks from the early 18th century are still around today and I know for sure that one of them still works.
J.H. at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison
J.H. at the National Maritime Museum:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.355/viewPage/2
Great Nova about Harrison and his sea clocks, but also shows one of his wooden clocks still in use today, almost three hundred years later:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/
Posted by: tminus at Dec 13, 2005 9:35:51 PM