Clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information
An astronomical clock, horologium, or orloj is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the Sun, Moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets.
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An astronomicalclock, horologium, or orloj is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions...
The Prague astronomicalclock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː orloj]) is a medieval astronomicalclock attached to the Old Town Hall in...
The Brno astronomicalclock (Czech: Brněnský orloj) is a black stone monument in Brno, Czech Republic. It is situated at Náměstí Svobody, the main square...
The Strasbourg astronomicalclock is located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. It is the third clock on that spot and dates...
his astronomicalclock,[citation needed] which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour. It is the first carillon clock as it...
Lund astronomicalclock, occasionally and at least since the 16th century referred to as Horologium mirabile Lundense (Latin: "the wonderful clock in Lund")...
1922611°N 15.5546778°E / 38.1922611; 15.5546778 The astronomicalclock of Messina is an astronomicalclock constructed by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg...
astronomicalclock (French: Horloge astronomique de Lyon) is a seventeenth-century astronomicalclock in Lyon Cathedral. The 9 m (30 ft) tall clock is...
Olomouc AstronomicalClock (Czech: Olomoucký orloj) is part of the northern wall of the town hall of Olomouc, Czech Republic. The astronomicalclock was built...
outflow type and were cylindrical in shape. Use of the water clock as an aid to astronomical calculations dates back to the Old Babylonian period (c. 2000...
elephant clock. Richard of Wallingford (1292–1336), English mathematician, astronomer and abbot, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, astronomicalclock of Abbey...
Hampton Court astronomicalclock is a sixteenth-century astronomicalclock in Hampton Court Palace in England. The clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse...
his astronomicalclock,[citation needed] which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour. It is the first carillon clock as it...
The Rostock astronomicalclock is a fifteenth-century astronomicalclock in St. Mary's Church, Rostock. The astronomicalclock was built in 1472 by Hans...
of the most accurate pendulum clocks, called astronomical regulators. These precision instruments, installed in clock vaults in naval observatories and...
symbols and the oldest monument of the city, and with its 15th-century astronomicalclock, a major tourist attraction. It is a heritage site of national significance...
The Exeter Cathedral AstronomicalClock is a fifteenth-century astronomicalclock in Exeter Cathedral, England. It displays the hour of the day, the day...
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...
in 1398, and it also contains Gothic choir stalls, bronzes and an astronomicalclock from the 15th century (although heavily restored in 1923). When it...
The Bourges astronomicalclock is an astronomicalclock in Bourges Cathedral in Bourges, France. The clock was designed by Jean Fusoris and installed in...
hydro-mechanical astronomicalclock tower in medieval Kaifeng, which employed an early escapement mechanism. The escapement mechanism of Su's clock tower had...