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The Origin of Cuckoo Clocks
By William Lind · 13 years ago
Cuckoo Clocks – How they began The credit for building the first cuckoo clock goes back to Theodore Franz Anton Ketterer, a German clock manufacturer in the Black Forest area of Germany. This first known ...
Horology – Taming Time & Timekeeping
By William Lind · 13 years ago
The rising and the setting of the sun every day must have surely been enchanting man from the very beginning. Followed by a dark, quiet and peaceful night this must have multiplied the mystery surrounding ...
The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster
By William Lind · 13 years ago
Big Ben – A tryst with history The most famous and the largest bell ever cast at Whitechapel foundry was baptized as the 'Big Ben' after some interesting debate in the 19th century British parliament. ...