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"Grand-Father's Clock" was first published in 1876. "Grandfather's Clock" (popularly known as "My Grandfather's Clock") is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia". It is a standard of British brass bands and colliery bands, and is also popular in bluegrass music.
A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock, with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet) tall with an enclosed pendulum and weights, suspended by ...
"Ninety Years Without Slumbering" is episode 132 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The title comes from the lyrics of the song "My Grandfather's Clock", which is sung or played throughout the episode as a recurring motif.
Grandfather clock may also refer to: "Grandfather Clock" (This Will Destroy You song), a song by This Will Destroy You, from their EP Young Mountain; Grandfather's Clock, a card game based on solitaire "My Grandfather's Clock", a popular song first written in 1876; The grandfather clock engine (1885), an early petrol engine
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Hans Gruber (1530–1597), German clockmaker, Nürnberg, table clocks, grandfather clocks. Christoph Schißler (1530–1608), German clockmaker, Augsburg, sun dial, astrolabe. Nicolas Urseau (1531–1568), French clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court from Edward VI of England to Elizabeth I of England.
Aaron Willard began manufacturing and commercializing traditional tall case clocks (referred to as longcase clocks outside of the US). These clocks, often called Grandfather clocks today, generally stood about 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall . Although some other clockmakers produced wooden movement clocks, Willard made only clocks with brass movements.
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.