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Astronomical Clock, Czech Republic
Clocks involving mechanical figures often tell a story. In Prague, the astronomical clock set into the Old Town Hall Tower shows the procession of the Twelve Apostles, as the hour strikes from 9am to 11pm.
A tower was added to the hall in the Old Town Square in the 14th Century. In 1410, the clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň devised a mechanism that could be added to it. Prague was a multicultural city and it was intended that this clock could be read by anyone, whichever method they used. A calendar element was added in 1490, which moved forward a day on the strike of midnight.
In 1659, the clock underwent repairs and it is believed that the moving figures were incorporated into the clock at this time. Figures on the clock include a skeleton, a vain man carrying a mirror, philosopher, astronomer and stone angel. A golden rooster was added to the clock in 1882, which makes a crowing sound created by a set of bellows.
The astronomical clock has been through many periods of repair and restoration since the 15th Century. The most serious damage came from an incendiary shell destroying much of the clock's workings at the end of the Second World War. It was back in operation again by 1948 and modifications continued through the second half of the 20th Century, including setting the clock to Central European Time (CET) and replacing and repainting the figurines.
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Panasonic DMC-TZ100
Aperture ƒ/6.3
Focal length 9.5 mm
Shutter 1/1250
ISO 200
Front of the town clock
The idea of a clock for the British Army and Royal Navy garrison at Halifax is credited to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who arranged for a turret clock to be manufactured before his return to England in 1800. It is said that Prince Edward, then commander-in-chief of all military forces in British North America, wished to resolve the tardiness of the local garrison. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Town_Clock
I love that this wave of CMFs has given us some of the Wackier villains. And they don't get much wackier than Clock King. Tick tock...
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 England.
Day Ten .. Visit to the Liverpool Docklands after we dropped our things off at the airbnb were we are staying the night.
The Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and, along with the neighbouring Royal Liver Building and Cunard Building, is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront. It is also part of Liverpool's UNESCO-designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City.
The Port of Liverpool Building is in the Edwardian Baroque style and is noted for the large dome that sits atop it, acting as the focal point of the building. It is approximately rectangular in shape with canted corners that are topped with stone cupolas. At 220 feet (67 m) the building is the fourteenth tallest building in Liverpool. Like the neighbouring Cunard Building, it is noted for the ornamental detail both on the inside and out, and in particular for the many maritime references and expensive decorative furnishings.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Liverpool_Building
Dandelion clock II (incl. black vignette)
on Newton Brook Greenway.
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The Clock Tower is at the heart of the historic quarter of Malacca located at the Dutch Square. Its full name is "Tang Beng Swee Clock Tower". It may look Dutch, but it is not. It was built in 1886. Malacca, Malaysia.
Cathedrals were built to inspire awe - and the chimes of the clock helped notify the clergy and parishioners that it was time to worship.
The clock, in it's wood structure, was installed during the time of Prior Thomas Castell (1494-1519), and renovated by Dean Hunt between 1620 and 1638.
One of the only substantial wood items to survive the Civil War, when even the soldiers billeted in the cold at Durham recognised how precious the clock was.
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The towerclock dates 1920 and was donateur by ship-owner N. J. Holden and wife. The clock was made at the Cornelis Knudsen workshop by clockmaker Jens Olsen, better known for this worldclock at the Copenhagen Townhall.
Huge 24 hour clock in the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
The shot in the comment below, shows the scale.
Jens Olson's Astonomical Clock.
This clock is amazing. It shows local time in Copenhagen, solar time, the time at any location on earth, the time of sunrise and sunset both according to local time and actual solar time, lengths of day and night. The Gregorian calendar shows the year (6), the day of the week, date and month (7), local mean time - Central European time, the daily time 15° east of Greenwich in hours, minutes and seconds. A perpetual calendar consists of 5 dials, indicating: The Sunday letter (3), the epact (4), the sun circle (5), the indiction (6) and the moon circle (7). Furthermore, there is a calendar showing the 12 months of the year, the days and dates of the week, every moon phase as well as the calculated Easter Sunday - all other holidays according to Easter Sunday. The perpetual calendar are automatically set in motion every New Years Eve at midnight, to calculate the calendar for the following year. It runs for the next 2500 years.
The star map over Denmark and the slow precession of the motion of the earth's axis over 25.753 years.
The geocentrical orbit with the Earth as its centre. Here you can obtain knowledge of the sun's and moon's eclipses, the distance between the Earth and the Moon - the apse line and the knot line.
The solar system with the planets Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune around the Sun.
The year (4) and number of days (5) according to the Julian time period which is 7.980 years.
It doesn't have a USB port.
This is the clock which gave me inspiration for my Macro Monday shot. One of my Flickr friends Di wanted to see it complete - so here it is just for you Di!!
3d Fractal (Mandelbulb 3d Mac) with fractal flames as the ignitor bits on the left.
Concrete floor texture added post render
Lost the plot. I've knitted a clock.
Leaf pattern is Lucy's hearts - attic24.typepad.com/weblog/teeny-tiny-hearts.html
Strawberries are here - www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knit-strawberries
Flowers here - www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/treat-them-to-dinner
Improvised clock cosy from my warped mind. More details on my Ravelry project page :p