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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHRONOMETER/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1850–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0785.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dent
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1614
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CLOCK WORKS & FACE (INCLUDES BRASS; HOUSED IN WOODEN CASE WITH GLASS FRONT & SIDES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 137.5 cm
- Width
- 41.0 cm
- Height
- 23.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Clocks
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Dent
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS CLOCK PROBABLY USED C. MID-19TH CENTURY +
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO MEASURE AND DISPLAY THE PASSAGE OF TIME. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF CHROMONETER CLOCK OF MID-19TH CENTURY. TERM 'CHRONOMETER' INDICATES THIS CLOCK WAS SUBJECT TO A SERIES OF PRECISION TESTS IN AN OPTICAL INSTITUTE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "DENT LONDON/ 61 Strand & 34 Royal Exchange./ Clockmaker to the Queen" & "1614" incised on main clock face; divided [0] to 60 in increments of 5, by single graduations, and recorded in Arabic numerals.Smaller dial, at top, divided [0] to 60, in increments of 10, by single graduations, also recorded in Arabic numerals. Lower dial divided 1 to 12, in Roman numerals. All dials have single indicating hand. " Weight scale graduated 0 to 12, and incised "English Inches ". Pendulum swing scale graduated -2 to 2+. " 15 " incised in wooden base of clock
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- RED-BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED WOODEN CABINET WITH CLEAR GLASS PANELS; SILVER PLATED CLOCK FACE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dent, Clock, circa 1850–1880, Artifact no. 1966.0785, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0785.001/
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