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  2. Nef (metalwork) - Wikipedia

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    The so-called Mechanical Galleon in the British Museum is a late 16th-century German nef which was also a clock and automaton, with moving figures and music. Calendar miniature for January from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. A nef was usually made of silver, silver-gilt or gold, often further embellished with enamel and jewels.

  3. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    [50] [51] Due to their frequent use of Devanagari characters, American sinologist Edward H. Schafer has speculated that incense clocks were invented in India. [52] As incense burns evenly and without a flame, the clocks were safe for indoor use. [53] To mark different hours, differently scented incenses (made from different recipes) were used. [54]

  4. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Célanis Lutz (1800–1863), Swiss watchmaker, hardening of steel spirals. Edward Prior (1800–1868), English watchmaker, London, pocket watch for the Turkish market. Jean Paul Garnier (1801–1869), French clockmaker, Paris, electric clocks. Carl August von Steinheil (1801–1870), German physician and astronomer, Munich, first electric ...

  5. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.

  6. Salisbury Cathedral clock - Wikipedia

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    Salisbury Cathedral clock, restored. The Salisbury Cathedral clock is a large iron-framed tower clock without a dial, in Salisbury Cathedral, England.Thought to date from about 1386, it is a well-preserved example of the earliest type of mechanical clock, called verge and foliot clocks, and is said to be the oldest working clock in the world, [1] although similar claims are made for other clocks.

  7. German Clock Museum - Wikipedia

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    A wooden clock face with a white background and colourfully painted motif decorated the Black Forest clocks during the whole of the 19th century. With a colourless, protective varnish the clock faces were resistant to moisture and dirt. From the second half of the 18th century, the varnished plate clock (Lackschilduhr) dominated the European ...

  8. French Empire mantel clock - Wikipedia

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    A French Empire-style mantel clock is a type of elaborately decorated mantel clock that was made in France during the Napoleonic Empire (1804–1814/15). Timekeepers manufacturing during the Bourbon Restoration (1814/1815–1830) are also included within this art movement as they share similar subjects, decorative elements, shapes, and style.

  9. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The earliest gold artifacts were discovered at the site of Wadi Qana in the Levant. [13] Silver is estimated to have been discovered in Asia Minor shortly after copper and gold. [14] There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in ...

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