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The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj), is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still working.
It is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square.
The clock mechanism itself is composed of three main components: the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; "The Walk of the Apostles", a clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures—notably a figure of Death (represented by a skeleton) striking the time; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months.
According to local legend, the city will suffer if the clock is neglected and its good operation is placed in jeopardy and a skeleton, mounted on the clock, was supposed to nod his head in confirmation. Based on the legend, the only hope was represented by a boy born in the New Year´s night.
This old clock resides at Balmoral School in Calgary. Although wikipedia (unfortunately edited by some that don't look lol) says 1915, the imprint year on the building shows 1913. I can see that this has stood the test of time quite well from that year....such a gorgeous building. I'd love to go inside of it one day.
Going through the archives I came across this one tonight and didn't realize I captured the moon right above the clock...nice capture even if I do say so myself.
The Clock Tower (1903) in Victoria, Seychelles, is modeled after a tower on Vauxhaul Bridge in London, England.
“Do you know” said Sprite, “I was certain there used to be two antennae up here.”
“Oh there was” replied Spectre.
“Oh” pondered Sprite. “What happened to them?”
“The pair of them ran of and got married” sighed Spectre, hauling himself up.
“Two antennae got married?” mused Sprite.
“Yeah” replied Spectre. “The service was crap, but the reception was excellent.”
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With all due respect to Marty and Doc, this is the clock tower in Perth, and it works. It is pretty well in the same spot as the last two photos from Perth that I took on the weekend.
Photo Focus Group: This was just a quick shot that I like but is not one to cherish. I'm not sure what one can say about it, but I'll be interested to see what you come up with.
Royal Air Force Air Defence Radar Museum
Royal Air Force Neatishead, Near Horning, Norfolk, England, UK
Following a gentle nudge from guliolopez yesterday, that he'd been "waiting patiently for a Cork photo for a while", I thought we might indulge him with another today. We don't want to get on the wrong side of anyone from the People's Republic! So, here's a gorgeous one of Mallow taken at about 4.55 on a very sunny day...
Thanks to Gerry Ward for filling in the blanks in our knowledge about the gorgeous Clock House:
"The Clock House was build around 1855, by Sir Denham Orlando Jephson. He was an amateur architect who is said to have designed this house after he had returned from an alpine holiday. The Clock was brought from the tower of the Old Mallow Castle. The bell was cast at Millerd Street, Cork. The bell tower became dangerous and was removed c1970, but was restored in 1995."
Date: Circa 1901??
NLI Ref.: EAS_0906
Super clock on the wall of "Boodle & Dunthorpe", Lord St. Liverpool. They are one of the most prestigous jewellers in the UK.
10 Sept 2012.
Clocks from the Renwez Forest Museum gift shop we visited in the Ardennes. Their animal is the Wild Boar... there is delicious beer with wild boar on the label and restaurants seem to have at least one taxidermied boar head on the wall...