Archive for the 'Clocks' Category
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Cuckoo clocks make great gifts, souvenirs, and timepieces that will add charm and character to any home. If you are in the market for a cuckoo clock, carefully consider your options before purchase. In addition to scouring your local antique and clock shops, turn your search to the World Wide Web to find that perfect [...]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Everyday we get from one place to another, rushing to and from along our busy action-packed day. Ok so some days are a bore but we need to go through them anyway for each day, dark makes way for light and brand new possibilities await. But first, we must get out of bed.
Our altered [...]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Louis Essen was born in 1908 in a small city in England called Nottingham. His childhood was typical of the time and he pursued his education with enjoyment and dedication. At the age of 20 Louis graduated from the University of Nottingham, where he had been studying. It was at this time that his career [...]
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
We have a lot of clocks in our home. Most of them make some sort of noise on the hour (steam trains, cartoon characters, birds,
dogs, horses, wild animals; I’m not kidding!), some of them on the half-hour as well, and one that even chimes on the quarter hour. We just like clocks. Needless to say, [...]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Travel Alarm Clocks – Your Traveling Companion
A traveler may experience an uncomfortable feeling especially if he’s in a place with a different time zone than they have back home. Every traveler needs his own alarm clock. Whether you are on vacation, on a business trip or for any other reason that you are traveling, [...]
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
A grandfather clock is undoubtedly an amazing piece to have in your home. It hearkens back to a time when life was simpler, yet more elegant. If you invest in a grandfather clock, chances are it will quickly become a show-piece within your entryway, living room, or dining room.
Yet, it is highly important that you [...]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
One of the most valued kinds of clocks on earth are grandfather clocks. Bulova grandfather clocks and Howard Miller grandfather clocks are some of the most sought after names in clocks and you can get your own antique grandfather clocks on the internet or from a wonderful antique store. There are also plenty of modern [...]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
The earliest clocks were simply ways of keeping track of time using the elements. The sundial did this, as well as a clock created in ancient Greece often ascribed to Plato, that used water dripping from a bowl. The Romans later took this clock and claimed it for their own, calling it a Horologium.
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
Remember those big, wooden clocks with long pendulums and which gives out eerie sounds? Antique clocks can evoke feelings of nostalgia for times gone by. Hearing the clock going ding-dong could either bring a person back to the past or to a time in the future.
Clocks, no matter what kind they are, have always [...]
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
How can a person get through life without a time clock? We use them constantly, from watches to alarm clocks to grandfather clocks, we function through the use of a time clock, we all do. There are many different kinds of time clocks and I am willing to bet that you have more than a [...]
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