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Clock towers were first built in Ottoman territories in the 16th century and would often also function as barometers, windmills, compasses, fire watchtowers or meeting points. After the decleration of the Republic of Turkey, cities were built around clock towers, especially in Anatolia. Only 52 of 144 clock towers built during the Ottoman period still exist today.
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Saat kuleleri Osmanlı topraklarında 16. yüzyılda görülmeye başlandı; saatçiliğe meraklı olan II. Abdülhamid’in tahta çıkışının 25. yıl dönümünde (1901) valilere gönderdiği “irade” (ferman) ile vilayet ve sancaklara yayıldı. Halkın görebileceği yüksek bir tepeye, şehrin en kalabalık meydanına ya da kale, cami gibi tarihî yapıların üstüne inşa edilen saat kuleleri, aynı zamanda barometre, rüzgâr gülü, pusula, yangın gözetleme yeri ve buluşma noktası işlevi görürdü. Cumhuriyet’le birlikte özellikle Anadolu’daki kentler, kuleler çevresinde meydan oluşturulacak şekilde kurulmuştur. Osmanlı döneminde yapılan 144 saat kulesinden 52’si günümüze ulaşmıştır.
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I am strangely drawn to clocks
the strange part is
none of them are set
none of them actually run
and
I don't own a watch
I am obsessive about being on time
I am never late
perhaps I know that
setting them
would me me
more obsessive......
Here is the second picture of the clock. This time from the inside.
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My new clock! Finally got around to finishing it, after probably 4 years of it sitting around in my study gathering dust... Apologies for the carp video - blame the phone.
This is my first attempt at what is commonly called HDR. Since this was a night photo I could not get the exposure right for both the scene and the brightness of the clock. I took two photos, one properly exposed for the clock faces and one for the rest of the scene and selectively blended them in Paint.NET to create a single image with proper exposure for both elements.
View of the clock face inside the Cathedral. Located in the north transept, it’s an astronomical clock inside but an ‘ordinary’ one on the outside. The original mechanism dates from between 1386 and 1392, but was replaced in the 19th century, and eventually moved to the Science Museum in London, where it continues to operate. The dial represents a geocentric view of the universe, with sun and moon revolving around a central Earth. Above, every quarter hour a figure comes out to hit two bells, and a pair of jousting knights chase each other.
En Berna tienen paneles como el que veis que cuentan el tiempo que queda para la Euro 2008. En esta foto se refleja el pasado con el mitico Zytglogge (analogico) y el futuro (digital) en cuanto a la medicion del tiempo se refiere. Tambien es reseñable el hecho de que un reloj (el antiguo) cuenta el paso del tiempo hacia adelante y el otro (el moderno) hacia atras.
"El futuro es algo que cada cual alcanza a un ritmo de sesenta minutos por hora, haga lo que haga y sea quien sea."
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) Escritor británico.
The oldest part of the Orloj, the mechanical clock and astronomical dial, dates back to 1410 when it was made by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel, the latter a professor.
Later, presumably around 1490, the calendar dial was added and clock facade decorated with gothic sculptures.
In 1552 it was repaired by Jan Taborský, clock-master of Orloj, who also wrote a report on the clock where he mentioned Hanuš as maker of the clock. This was a mistake, and was corrected during the 20th century.
The Orloj stopped working many times in the centuries after 1552, and was repaired many times. Some speculate that the government purposely gouged out the original maker's eyes in order to prevent him from making a similar clock for another country. After this he died touching the clock, at which point the clock stopped working and remained unrepairable for a number of years. In the 17th century moving statues were added, and figures of the Apostles were added after major repair in 1865-1866.
The Orloj suffered heavy damage on May 7 and especially May 8, 1945, during the Prague Uprising, when Germans directed incendiary fire from several armored vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun to the south-west side of the Old Town Square in an effort to silence the provocative broadcasting initiated by the National Committee on May 5. The hall and nearby buildings burned along with the wooden sculptures on the Orloj and the calendar dial face made by Josef Mánes. The machinery was repaired, the wooden Apostles restored by Vojtěch Sucharda, and the Orloj started working again in 1948, but only after significant effort [1].
There exists a good deal of misinformation relating to the construction of the Orloj[citation needed]. For a long time it was believed that the Orloj was constructed in 1490 by clockmaster Jan Růže (also called Hanuš) and his assistant Jakub Čech. Another fictitious story involves the clockmaker Hanuš being blinded on the order of the Prague Councillors.
Here's the latest electronics project I finished. - A clock made of old Nixie Tubes.
It was a full kit that I ordered out of England. It took about 6 hours to build at a leisurely rate.
Years ago, I used to work at a PBS station. It had a Master Control room, full of decks and monitors and buttons and whatnot. It was where satellite feeds were recorded and shows were played back. So, everything runs on time, having a clock was pretty essential.
Being a PBS station, even the clock was a kit of some sort. It kept horrible time and and we made fun of it on a regular basis.
That being said, I had a fantastic time working there and made a bunch of friends that I keep up with to this day.
So, that's why I wanted one.
www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&...
The clock tower in Market Place, Bexleyheath. The bust is of William Morris. On the opposite side is King George VI remember it always looked larger, perhaps it is the surrounding buildings which have grown.
Burning the Clocks lantern parade, seafront burning and fireworks in Brighton on the winter solstice of 21st of December 2017.
Part of a Set / Album: www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/albums/72157691314815482
www.samesky.co.uk/events/burning-the-clocks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_the_Clocks
I used an old Canon optical image stabilizer lens [EF-S 17-85mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM] on an EOS 450D DSLR. With exposures of up to a 1/4 of a second, most of the images had to be discarded, and the remainder are very "grainy" / "noisy", but the pictures at least form a sort of record of the event...
This is the finished shot of the Ice Tube Clock I built from an AdaFruit kit. Worked the first time.