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The Historic Clock Tower is situated near the site of the original Bertie's Landing Restaurant, the Victorian Gothic-style Clock Tower has always been an icon of the old docks and has become an important focal point in the Waterfront's recent urban design. This was the original Port Captain's Office completed in 1882.
On the second floor is a decorative mirror room, which enabled the Port Captain to have a view of all activities in the harbour. On the bottom floor is a tide-gauge mechanism used to check the level of the tide. Restoration of the Clock Tower was completed towards the end of 1997.
The Time Ball Tower (invented by Captain Robert Wauchope) is a signaling device in which a ball is dropped at a given time in order for ship masters to determine the error and rate of their chronometers whilst in harbour. The Time Ball Tower in the Waterfront was built in 1894 and is situated next the Harbour Engineer's former residence (Dock House). It remained in use for 40 years after which new technology led to it lying idle for 63 years before being restored and officially recommissioned in November 1997.
Taken for Last.fm at Field Day 2011. Victoria Park.
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Photo by Matt Cheetham
The Prague Astronomical Clock is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square and is a popular tourist attraction.
The clock 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; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months.
"The future has been shrinking by one year per year for my entire life. I think it is time for us to start a long-term project that gets people thinking past the mental barrier of an ever-shortening future. I would like to propose a large (think Stonehenge) mechanical clock, powered by seasonal temperature changes. It ticks once a year, bongs once a century, and the cuckoo comes out every millennium."
-Daniel Hillis
The above photo is stock photography from the following link:
www.longnow.org/?gclid=CNXs1onmnI8CFQdGYAodhCctaA
The image here is used as inspiration for the group Time and the Forever Now, a group exploring the concept of time and its expression through photography.
A local graphic designer hooked me up with some new business cards!
These will be made available soon, and the white will be transparent. Love it.
There is another design coming that will be the "everyday" card as these are a little more costly and will be reserved for those more special occasions/people/etc.
I made this clock in a very short amount of time. I collage the background and used rubber stamps and black ink for the numbers. I then restamped the numbers using Martha Stewarts glue pad and glue ink and followed that with black glitter. The edges of the wood are painted black too.
Grandmother clock; case custom-made for my parents from red birch by family friend in 1974 . Jauch 77 movement, Emperor Clock Company. Had never ran till 2006! All it needed was a new suspension that cost about $5.00. Tambour mantel clock on piano was my granparents' wedding gift (1919), with Seth Thomas no. 89L bim-bam movement.
A dandelion clock where just one of the seeds is in focus.
The name Dandelion is given to species of the genus Taraxacum where the 'flowers' are morphologically a composite flower head consisting of many tiny flowers called florets. The flower matures into a globe of fine filaments that are usually distributed by wind, carrying away the seed-containing achenes. This globe (receptacle) is called the "clock".
The dandelion is native to Europe and Asia, and has spread to many other places.Taraxacum species reproduce asexually by means of apomixis and seed production commonly occurs without pollination.