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2. List of clock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   German clockmakers. Johann Baptist Beha (1815–1898) Gustav Becker Clock Company; Freiburg in Schlesien, Silesia (1850–1938) Florn. Thomas Haller (Thomas Haller AG), Schwenningen (1880-1900) then merged with Junghans. Thomas Ernst Haller (Haller AG), Schwenningen (1902-1928) then merged with Kienzle.

3. Chalkware - Wikipedia

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   Chalkware. Chalkware is an American term for popular figurines either made of moulded plaster of Paris (usually) or sculpted gypsum, and painted, typically with oils or watercolors. [ 1 ][ 2 ] They were primarily created during one of three periods: from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century, during the Great Depression ...

4. Art Deco - Wikipedia

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   Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs (lit.'Decorative Arts'), [ 1 ] is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), [ 2 ] and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s. Through styling and design of the exterior and ...

5. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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   Oscillating timekeepers are used in modern timepieces. Sundials and water clocks were first used in ancient Egypt c.1200 BC (or equally acceptable BCE) and later by the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Chinese. Incense clocks were being used in China by the 6th century.

6. Electric clock - Wikipedia

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   This was the mechanism used in the first electric clocks, and is found in antique electric pendulum clocks. It is also found in a few modern decorative mantel and desk clocks. Synchronous clocks rely on the 50 or 60 Hz utility frequency of the AC electric power grid as a timing source, by driving the clock gears with a synchronous motor. They ...

7. Clock - Wikipedia

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   Casio F-91W digital watch, a historically popular watch. A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year. Devices operating on several physical processes ...