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Clockmaker. Known for. Inventing the first Alarm Clock. Levi Hutchins (August 17, 1761 – June 13, 1855) was an American clockmaker, and inventor of the first American alarm clock. Hutchins was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, to Gordon and Holly Hutchins. In April 1775, during the American Revolutionary War, he served as a fifer under his ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. Type of clock A traditional wind-up (key-wound), mechanical spring-powered alarm clock An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or ...
United Clock Company Western Clock Company Western Clock Manufacturing Company (1888–1919) Western Clock Co., Ltd. (1919-1931) merged to become General Time Corporation. Headquarters. 320 5th Street, Peru, Illinois. , United States. Website. nylholdings.com. Westclox was an American manufacturer and is a current brand of clocks and alarm clocks.
Jacques Thuret (1669–1738), French watchmaker, Paris, clockmaker of the court Louis XIV of France. Christopher Pinchbeck (1670–1732), English watchmaker, London. Simon Dilger (1671–1750), German clockmaker, Schollach, Waag clock, teacher. George Graham (1673–1751), English watchmaker, London.
Simon Willard – a 2nd great-grandson of the Massachusetts colonist Simon Willard (1605–1676) – was of the fifth Willard generation in America. The original Willard family had arrived in 1634 from Horsmonden, Kent (England), and they were among the founders of Concord, Massachusetts. Simon Willard's parents were Benjamin Willard (1716 ...
The invention of the verge and foliot escapement in c.1275 [87] was one of the most important inventions in both the history of the clock [88] and the history of technology. [89] It was the first type of regulator in horology. [6] A verge, or vertical shaft, is forced to rotate by a weight-driven crown wheel, but is stopped from rotating freely ...
The Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Co. and the American Watch Co., was a company that produced about 40 million watches, clocks, speedometers, compasses, time delay fuses, and other precision instruments in the United States of America between 1850 and 1957. The company's historic 19th-century manufacturing ...
Thomas was born in Wolcott, Connecticut, in 1785. He was apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner, and worked building houses and barns. He started in the clock business in 1807, working for clockmaker Eli Terry. [1] Thomas formed a clock-making partnership in Plymouth, Connecticut, with Eli Terry and Silas Hoadley as Terry, Thomas & Hoadley. [1]