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  2. Victorian era - Wikipedia

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    The era can also be understood in a more extensive sense—the 'long Victorian era'—as a period that possessed sensibilities and characteristics distinct from the periods adjacent to it, [note 1] in which case it is sometimes dated to begin before Victoria's accession—typically from the passage of or agitation for (during the 1830s) the ...

  3. Economy, industry, and trade of the Victorian era - Wikipedia

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    Historians have characterised the mid-Victorian era (1850–1870) as Britain's "Golden Years". [4] [5] It was not till the two to three decades following the Second World War that substantial economic growth was seen again. In the long-term view, the mid-Victorian boom was one upswing in the Kondratiev cycle (see figure). [5]

  4. 24 Hours in the Past - Wikipedia

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    The cast work at a busy coaching inn, the New Inn, built by Lord Cobham in 1717 as part of his estate at Stowe.Diverse visitors to the inn are served meals, stay overnight, and have their horses groomed. [3]

  5. Jubilee clock - Wikipedia

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    Jubilee clock is a term used in reference to a number of clocks constructed and erected throughout the British Empire in commemoration of the Golden or Diamond Jubilee of various British monarchs, most commonly, Queen Victoria's. The Tolsey clock commemorates the Diamond Jubilee (60 years) of Queen Victoria's reign. The clock says "1837 - 1897".

  6. Lantern clock - Wikipedia

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    A 1655 lantern clock, resting on a wall bracket, with its pendulum and driving-weight, Museum of Timekeeping, Upton Hall, England. The clock is wound by pulling down the length of cord with the ring, and raising the weight. [3] Lantern clocks were made almost entirely of brass, whereas most earlier clocks had been constructed from iron and wood.

  7. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Homininaeid Era – Period prior to the existence of Homininae Homininid Era – Period prior to the existence of Hominini Prehistory – Period between the appearance of Homo ("humans"; first stone tools c. three million years ago) and the invention of writing systems (for the Ancient Near East : c. five thousand years ago).

  8. Man allegedly called 911 a total of 17 times and demanded a ...

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    This guy gave new meaning to the slogan “Gottahava Wawa.” Police in East Windsor, N.J., arrested a 24-year-old man on Dec. 23, and charged him with misusing the town’s 911 system for ...

  9. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Johannes Sayler (1597–1668), German watchmaker, Ulm, rolling ball clock, turret clocks, table clocks. Nicolas Lemaindre (1598–1652), French clockmaker, Blois, clockmaker of the court. Jost Bodeker von Wartbergh, German vicar, Osnabrück. craft clock with a centrifugal pendulum (1578 to 1587).