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Encyclopedia > Turret clock
An electrically wound, gravity driven turret clock
An electrically wound, gravity driven turret clock

A turret clock is a large mechanical clock set in a tower for use by a large number of people.


Typically found in a church tower or other public building the clock mechanism drives the hands on one or more large clock faces visible from the outside. A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time. ... A clock face is the part of an analog clock that tells time through the use of a fixed numbered dial or dials and moving hand or hands. ...


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Clocks (830 words)
Turret Clocks are characterised by having an external dial or dials, and / or generally sounding the hour on a bell.
Benjamin was born in 1780 and died in 1854.
Turret clocks were his speciality and he was involved with the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster.
Turret Clock History (3964 words)
Turret clocks were set from a sundial, this meant the clocks in towns throughout the country did not tell the same time due to being at different longitudes.
Turret clocks are wound up with a crank-handle which fits onto a square on the end of the barrel spindle.
Clock makers, or great clock makers (great refers to the size of the clock not to the clock maker) were the specialists who did the work and were very skilled as flsmithing.
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