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The Clock Tower is the world's largest four-faced, chiming turret clock.
In 2009, and the Clock Tower will be 150 years old.
The clock commemorates the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. It stands in the centre of Cricklade.
The clock of church Notre-Dame de la Trinité in a warm ray of light.
I can't explain why but I'm somehow fascinated with clocks...
Windowsill card sundial tells time and approximate date as a sunbeam moves across hour-lines and date-circles. (Autumn and Spring circles overlap because sun is at a similar angle above the horizon) The Sunbeam Sundial is great for teaching and learning about the seasons, the equinoxes and solstices.
This wind-up clock has been in my family for ages. I can still remember it chiming just as I drift off to sleep in my bed.
This clock stands in the Marie-Sans-Chemise square. It used to be part of Amiens railway station, but was destroyed. It has recently been restored and put on display in the centre of the city.
Inscription reads:
This Clock Tower with the land surrounding it was presented to the Borough of Tiverton by Thos Ford Esqre JP a native of this town. 1907
Clock tower dated 1907. Built to designs of J Donkin,
contractor; F Stenson (Clerk). Presented to Tiverton by Thomas
Ford JP (Clerk). Grey limestone ashlar with Bath stone
dressings. Free Gothic style. Triangular on plan with storage
room on ground floor. Bottom stage has diagonal flying
buttresses with octagonal pinnacles, crowned with carved
figures of Hope, Faith and Peace.
Each face on ground floor has recessed moulded arch with gable
over. Two faces have 2 light traceried, decorated style
windows with original stained glass. Third face has original
half glazed oak door with original stained glass. Upper stages
have Bath stone panels containing slip windows with original
stained glass and shields carved respectively with 1908, E.R.
and the borough arms. Clock faces on each side with foliage
carved surrounds and ogee arches. Conical pinnacle surmounted
by ball and weather vane.
[British Listed Buildings]
Some craftsmen go to great lengths to tell the time - see also the closeup.
Located in the Clock and Watch museum - Forbidden City, Beijing
This herring gull (Larus argentatus) acted as a good alarm clock by calling out just after sunrise. It didn't wake me as I was up already. It's so good to have them around here now as their calls evoke lots of happy memories of holidays spent at the coast.
It's breast feathers were not as dirty as they look in this shot, caused by shadow.
Détail d'une horloge, j'aime le contraste entre les deux matières : bois et métal et des détails de fabrication des deux parties.