striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell, gong, or other audible device. In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking...

in horology (the study of timekeeping), the term clock was used for a striking clock, while a clock that did not strike the hours audibly was called a...

when the clock strikes thirteen?" The answer is "Time to buy a new clock!"[citation needed] A 100-year-old tower striking clock has a striking mechanism...

Su Song integrated striking clock mechanisms in astronomical clocks in the 10th and 11th centuries, respectively. A striking clock outside of China was...

named the Clock Tower, it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The clock is a striking clock with five...

and run the striking train, the mechanism of turret clocks must be more powerful than that of ordinary clocks. Traditional turret clocks are large pendulum...

did not look exactly like the one now installed in the clock. The striking train of the clock is believed to be original. Like many of these more practical...

A water clock, or clepsydra (from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra) 'pipette, water clock'; from κλέπτω (kléptō) 'to steal' and ὕδωρ (hydor) 'water';...

of the cathedral's history, the bells have been primarily used as a striking clock, to call to prayer for the Angelus, and to announce and participate...

from room to room. These clocks were almost always repeaters, that is striking clocks which could be made to repeat the striking of the hours at the pull...

clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock,...

An automaton clock or automata clock is a type of striking clock featuring automatons. Clocks like these were built from the 1st century BC through to...

sea. In medieval Europe, purely mechanical clocks were developed after the invention of the bell-striking alarm, used to signal the correct time to ring...

valued as expensive novelties by watch and clock enthusiasts. Repeaters should not be confused with striking clocks or watches, which do not strike on demand...

a Swiss music box after striking the hours and half-hours. Usually the melody sounds only at full hours in eight-day clocks and both at full and half...

wooden clocks were being made as early as 1715 near New Haven. Benjamin Cheney of East Hartford, Connecticut, was producing wooden striking clocks by 1745...

The modern 24-hour clock is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated...

Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers...

highly detailed instructions for the production of a weight-driven, striking clock with a verge escapement controlled by a foliot. Relatively high literacy...

and Middle Dutch Klocke. The first mechanical clocks, built in 13th-century Europe, were striking clocks: their purpose was to ring bells upon the canonical...

the orientation of a geologic feature "Striking", cutting parts of a plant for propagation Striking clock, clock that sounds the hours on a bell or gong...

ANZAC Day 1926, it included a non-striking clock (actually four impulse, or "slave" clocks, operated by a master clock). The concrete foundation stone was...

of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and patented in 1802. The banjo clock normally lacks a striking mechanism and indicates time only by its hands and dial, for...

Czech Television traditionally using footage of a striking clock mechanism in the lead up to midnight. Clock idents are not typically used in Asia, except...

rung automatically every full hour, the device was also a striking clock. The famous clock tower that the Chinese polymath Su Song built by 1094 during...

Death, striking the time; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months. According to local legend, the city will suffer if the clock is neglected...

combustion engines and variously fueled turbines, and in some modern striking clocks. A simple governor does not maintain an exact speed but a speed range...

striking clocks by 1745, eight years before Banneker completed his own wooden striking clock around 1753. David Rittenhouse constructed a clock with wooden...

for Greek and medieval instruments Chimes, the sounds produced by a striking clock to announce the hours Bar chimes (also known as "mark tree"), a series...

hour wheel in the motion work, turning the watch's hands. In striking clocks, the striking train is a gear train that moves a hammer to strike the hours...