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The Sweeney Clock is a 1908 clock installed near Houston's Tranquillity Park, in the U.S. state of Texas.The clock was originally installed outside the J.J. Sweeney & Co. jewellery store at the northeast corner of the intersection of Main Street and Prairie Street from 1908 to 1928.
In 1818 he invented and patented a type of mantel clock, known as the lighthouse clock and regarded as the first alarm clock produced in America. [6] Originally known as the "Patent Alarm Timepiece", they have become known as lighthouse clocks (a 20th-century term) for their obvious similarities.
The earliest depiction of a clock powered by a hanging weight is from the Bible of St Louis, an illuminated manuscript made between 1226 and 1234 that shows a clock being slowed by water acting on a wheel. The illustration seems to show that weight-driven clocks were invented in western Europe. [79]
The clock will be almost entirely underground, and only accessed by foot traffic from the east once complete. Before building the public clock in Nevada, the foundation is building a full-scale clock of similar design in a mountain of the Sierra Diablo range near Van Horn, Texas. The test drilling for the underground construction at this site ...
Waterbury Clock Company was legally incorporated on March 27, 1857, as an independent business with $60,000 in capital. [2] [3] The American clock industry was producing millions of clocks with scores of companies located in Connecticut's Naugatuck River Valley, earning the region the nickname "Switzerland of America". [4]
The longcase clock (also known as the grandfather clock) was created to house the pendulum and works by the English clockmaker William Clement in 1670 or 1671. It was also at this time that clock cases began to be made of wood and clock faces to use enamel as well as hand-painted ceramics. In 1670, William Clement created the anchor escapement ...
The Hertzberg Clock is a historic landmark and visitor attraction [1] located at the corner of N. St. Mary's and Houston streets in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] [self-published source] Installed in 1878 in front of Eli Hertzberg Jewelry Company, it was made by E. Howard & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.
Aaron Willard's third clock-model was the Banjo clock, which eventually became the factory's mainstream. The Banjo had been invented by Simon in 1802. It comprised a compacted mechanism in a compact body which could be fastened on a wall. With a not-cheap price of about $30, it was nevertheless a hit.