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2. Candle clock - Wikipedia

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   An example of a German candle clock. A candle clock is a thin candle with consistently spaced marking that, when burned, indicates the passage of periods of time. While no longer used today, candle clocks provided an effective way to tell time indoors, at night, or on a cloudy day.

3. Oil-lamp clock - Wikipedia

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   Lamps or candles, burning fuel at a steady pace, fit this category, and as a bonus produce useful light. Hourglasses depend on the steady draining of fine sand through a small aperture. Water clocks or clepsydra measure a gain or loss of water by using drops of uniform size and frequency. The Persian fenjaan made use of the constant time it ...

4. Roman timekeeping - Wikipedia

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   Mediae noctis inclinatio (the middle of the night) Gallicinium (cock crowing) Conticinium (cock stops crowing) Diluculum (dawn) Mane (morning) Antemeridianum tempus (forenoon) Meridies (mid-day) Tempus pomeridianum (afternoon) Solis occasus (sunset) Vespera (evening) Crepusculum (twilight) Prima fax (lighting of candles) Concubia nox (bed-time)

5. The 12 best gifts for your son’s girlfriend: From birthdays ...

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   Filled with luxurious natural products, this set includes a lavender soy candle, lemongrass lavender natural handmade soap, rose face mist, extra glow face serum, moisturizing heel balm, travel ...

6. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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   The invention of the candle clock was attributed by the Anglo-Saxons to Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (r. 871–889), who used six candles marked at intervals of one inch (25 mm), each made from 12 pennyweights of wax, and made to be 12 centimetres (4.7 in) in height and of a uniform thickness.

7. Winterhalder & Hofmeier - Wikipedia

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   Engraved initial letters on back of Winterhalder & Hofmeier clocks from Schwaerzenbach, Black Forest, Germany The firm Winterhalder Uhrenfabrik was established in 1810 by Thomas Winterhalder. Even his grandfather Nikolaus Winterhalder (1710-1743) made quality Black Forest clocks with wooden cogs and weights from stones. [ 1 ]