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After being gone for almost 2 weeks away from Flickering, Basil is back!
It's because Darin and I went on a trip to California to visit his parents. His mum has been battling breast cancer for the past nine months. Went through the awful chemo therapy and had the surgery. While we were there she went for a post-op, and we got the great news that all the cancer was gone!! A miracle, since the doctors told her she had about a 40% chance to live! She is tough, and very brave. And we are so very thankful for the news!
We also stopped in Vegas for a few days on our way back for a reunion with some of the people we met on our trip to Egypt. Fun times!
Today's Rogue Player theme: Clocks
It's a good thing that the saying "Time is money" don't apply to dogs!
365 days of my dog: Day 272
This is so beautiful alarm clock . & I wanna remember you to do your right work when you had perfect time .
The Prague Astronomical Clock, or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː 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.
German made Seth Thomas mantel clock. All brass construction with glass panels at the sides and damn heavy !! The original 2 side glass panels were broken when i received the clock and I have to cut out the panels from a spare piece of glass to get them replaced.
This guy has got an unique movement among the battery powered design, a tunning fork. An ingenious design using an electronic circuit to generate a resonant frequency tuned to the natural frequency of the fork. When applied across the fork, it would then vibrate at a constant rate, the vibration is then translated into mechanical movement thru'a series of gear mechism whereby providing accurate time indication. Size: 8"(H) 6"(W) 2"(D)
This clock is made in the 60's
Only Time will tell and every clock tells a story....
The problem with clock is, once you got two they start to multiply..
It all started when I acquired my first clock a 1960's jap 7-day wall clock from a colleague of mine by the name of Wong Mun Lai, a clock collector
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It was a non-working clock which I wanted to hang up for display. After a while, I felt something amiss. A clock is not a clock if it does'nt work! So I took it apart and do some fixing, to my surprise I managed to get it ticking again ! I was totally fascinated From there I got my second, third and so on....
My favourite has to be the 400 day clock
Amazing time piece and fun to repair Next in line is those of the electromechanical design type
I love the working principles
At the time of writing, my collection is still growing....but has grind to a halt as my interest is now focus on nature photography
Blackhawk mixed media print design. © Andi Bird All Rights Reserved.
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My "anniversary clock" inherited from my parents. I think it is about 100 years old, but not certain. A beautifully crafted object. It has been lying in a cupboard for forty odd years and I am tempted to have it valued and pehaps restored .
The Caribbean Reef Clock was dedicated to Mayor Richard M. Daley on June 2, 1999, in recognition of his commitment to the John G. Shedd Aquarium.
it moves along at a fairly fast clip
even running i am unable to catch it
it leaves behind a lot of residue
and takes its toll on the unaware
just out of my grasp speeding along
staying in view to tease me more
A quartz wall clock with a 4th Royal Tank Regiment shield. This came my way in Berlin when attached to 2nd Regiment Royal Military Police. It had been sent to 2 RMP as an example of regimental souvenirs the firm produced.
4 RTR was originally formed in 1917 as D Battalion Tank Corps, later becoming 4th Royal Tank Regiment under the Armoured Corps. It was merged in 1993 with 1 RTR the title "4th" lapsing.
For inspiration and sources and resources please see the Mathmap Group and Escher's Droste Print Gallery.
Salisbury is such a pleasant City. Unlike most cities nearly all the traffic is directed around the outskirts, and whilst this can make it difficult to find ones way off the ring road and into the car park, it is a lovely quiet place to walk around.
Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre. Dr Roberts' clock tower was built in 1893 as a memorial to his wife. It still functions today. It stands on the site of the County Gaol.
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Medieval Marketplace
Welcome to the third project of my little medieval town - Medieval Marketplace!
In my marketplace you can see a tall tower with an astronomical clock on one side (a copy of the Old Town Hall Tower) and ordinary clocks on the other.
On the same square, life is in full swing! Here you will see a butcher chopping a piece of meat for the next customer - an old astronomer in a luxurious hat, and a fish merchant. A prosperous merchant with all kinds of trinkets, living in a house near the tower and unloading all sorts of supplies from the cart. A baker just baked another pretzel in his bakery. Well and of course the guards keeping order. :)
The project also includes 10 minifigures:
a jester fireman,
two guards,
a merchant of some supplies,
a fish merchant,
a baker,
a butcher,
two peasants,
a horse
The second floor of the houses and the roofs are easily removed. The whole model is fully playable. The tower is empty inside.
I was inspired to create this project by my trip to Prague last summer. Initially, I planned to create a project only for the Astronomical Clock (Old Town Hall Tower), but having built the tower, I decided to slightly change it and add a market square to it - in the end it’s a fantasy! :)
Also, when building this project, I was inspired by such clock towers as The Zytglogge and Ledbury Clock Tower, and a set of lego castle 10193 medieval marketplace.
I hope you enjoyed
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I guess that's one way to hide an ugly building, and I'd love to rehabilitate the clock with LED backlighting and perhaps some interactivity.
This clock was restored at some point in time, and in the background notice the old water tower. Located near the bus station (main street), Wheeling, WV.
Clock completely restored, 4 rod bim-bam gong, good running clock and keeps great time. Love this clock
The Corpus Clock is a large sculptural clock at street level on the outside of the Taylor Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Unveiled in 2008 it was one of Time's Best Inventions of the year.
The time is displayed by means of blue LED's lighting slits in the gold disc.
However, the most striking feature is the insect on top of the disc. Akin to a grasshopper or locust it is known as the Chronophage i.e. Time-eater. It moves its mouth, appearing to "eat up" the seconds as they pass, and occasionally it "blinks" in seeming satisfaction. The hour is tolled by the sound of a chain clanking into a small wooden coffin hidden in the back of the clock.
The clock is entirely accurate only once every five minutes. The rest of the time, the pendulum may seem to catch or stop, and the lights may lag or, then, race to get ahead. According to John Taylor, this erratic motion reflects life's "irregularity".
Conceived as a work of public art, the Chronophage reminds viewers in a dramatic way of the inevitable passing of time. John Taylor deliberately designed it to be "terrifying": "Basically I view time as not on your side. He'll eat up every minute of your life, and as soon as one has gone he's salivating for the next." Others have described it as "hypnotically beautiful and deeply disturbing".
The Corpus Clock is a product of traditional mechanical clockmaking. It features the world's largest grasshopper escapement, a low-friction mechanism for converting pendulum motion into rotational motion. The grasshopper escapement was an invention of the renowned eighteenth-century clockmaker John Harrison.
Statue of a bull in Yerevan made with old clocks!. This in front of the shop!
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I found myself collecting nice quality clocks after three were gifted to me. This one was gifted to me by my folks who acquired it in Arizona. I want to say this looks like it was made circa late 1970s. There is exquisite artwork on it. The focus point in the photo is on the face which is not the greatest part of the clock. I say this because the artwork is the focal point of this clock when viewing it in person. The book titles are slightly out-of-focus. They are:
"The Pony Express"
"Journey to the West"
"The Hands of Time"
The clock box maker / artist, did not sign, or put his/her/their mark, on the clock box. The clock works are a cheap battery powered works (which I had to replace as the pendulum stopped swinging). The clock box, and artwork, are outstanding, and I would like to know more about it.
If someone would know who the clock box maker / artist, is/are, please advise.
The laptop had some problems. The keyboard had some kind of error, so I swapped it out. The battery that maintains the clock had long since died, so I replaced that. I removed the main battery and soldered wires to get out-of-the-frame access to the on/off switch. I also brought the backup battery outside the case because I wasn't sure if I'd get a good match.
I was lucky to find PDF's online which detailed how to disassemble and repair IBM Thinkpads.
It's a model 755C running Windows 95.