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Salisbury Cathedral clock, restored. The Salisbury Cathedral clock is a large iron-framed tower clock without a dial, in Salisbury Cathedral, England.Thought to date from about 1386, it is a well-preserved example of the earliest type of mechanical clock, called verge and foliot clocks, and is said to be the oldest working clock in the world, [1] although similar claims are made for other clocks.
Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable, ca. 1825 "Salisbury cathedral" (2018) by Stephan Wolf. The cathedral is the subject of a famous painting by John Constable. As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, who commissioned this painting, Constable included the bishop and his wife in the canvas (bottom left). The view ...
Tower of Salisbury Cathedral South walk of Salisbury Cathedral cloisters Memorial to Bishop Hume in Salisbury Cathedral. He was born on 17 August 1790, the son of Thomas Osmond (1752–1833) and his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Kellow (1755–1841). He was indentured to William Croome of Fisherton Anger (now a suburb of Salisbury). [2]
It can be safely assumed that the Wells clock and the Salisbury clock are roughly of the same age, as they share a lot of construction details. The assumption that both clocks were made in the 14th century is not verifiable, as only a payment to a keeper of a clock is mentioned, but no detail about the clock itself at the time is known.
Robert Pickersgill Howgrave-Graham (sometimes Howgrave Graham) F.S.A., M.I.E.E. (9 July 1880 – 25 March 1959) was a British polymath.He trained as an electrical engineer and became a teacher, inventor and author but his lasting legacy, through his interest in archaeology, is his work as an antiquarian, historian and photographer.
The first use of pendulums in clocks around 1656 suddenly increased the accuracy of the verge clock from hours a day to minutes a day. Most clocks were rebuilt with their foliots replaced by pendulums, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] to the extent that it is difficult to find original verge and foliot clocks intact today.
Harnham Gate is a historic gateway in the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. [1] Standing at the southern end of the cathedral close of Salisbury Cathedral, it is also known as the South Gate. It dates back to the fourteenth century and leads to a road connecting the suburb of Harnham on the southern side of the city, across the River Avon.
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