1922611°N 15.5546778°E / 38.1922611; 15.5546778 The astronomical clock of Messina is an astronomical clock constructed by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg...

An astronomical clock, horologium, or orloj is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions...

mosaic and statue survived. The tower houses the Messina astronomical clock, the largest astronomical clock in the world. Various calamities—particularly...

14th-century mosaics. The bell tower holds the Messina astronomical clock, one of the largest astronomical clocks in the world, built-in 1933 by the Ungerer...

Cathedral of Messina | MessinArte soc. coop". Retrieved 2020-06-14. "The faces of the clock | MessinArte soc. coop". Retrieved 2020-06-14. "Messina's Unique...

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of the Strasbourg astronomical clock. He was then seriously involved in the design and building of the Messina astronomical clock. Later, he set down...

clockmaker and radio technician, and is most famous for his advanced astronomical clocks, the most precise of which has an inaccuracy of 7 seconds during...

Victor de Rochechouart, Count of Vivonne, reinforces the rebels in the Messina revolt with eight additional warships and three fireships to bring to 20...

tides. (The strong currents through the Euripus Strait and the Strait of Messina puzzled Aristotle.) Philostratus discussed tides in Book Five of The Life...

Orreries and Astronomical Clocks, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Buffalo, London, 1978, page 265 Holger Johannessen, Jens Olsen's World Clock, City Administration...

include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental...

national astronomical society based in the United Kingdom, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2003. It was established as the Junior Astronomical Society...

power-transmitting chain drive by Su Song for the development an astronomical clock (the Cosmic Engine) 11th century: Calico was developed in Calicut...

South African Astronomical Observatory. (b. 1906) 3 May – Zithulele Sinqe wins his first national title in the men's marathon, clocking 2:08:04 in Port...

Manfred Schukowski, 97, German academic teacher and author of works on astronomical clocks. Alan Simpson, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate...

particularly hard and destroyed both the summer and autumn harvest. The 1908 Messina earthquake caused 75,000–82,000 deaths. First-wave feminism made advances...

1550. In 1543, Peter Canisius entered the company. Ignatius sent him to Messina, where he founded the first Jesuit college in Sicily. Ignatius laid out...

main railway station, he takes in the sights, including the Prague astronomical clock and the Old Town Square. Michael discovers the history of the little-known...

portraits, the first woman artist to win international renown Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–1479), Sicilian painter. Major works were altarpieces and portraits...

blew up the castle and demolished the coastal batteries. July 7 – The Messina revolt against Spanish rule begins on the island of Sicily as the Italian...

former captain of artillery Vincenzo Scala, a protagonist of 'siege of Messina, would be among the signatories of the Act of Cannes, which marked the...