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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.
The medieval clock. The Salisbury Cathedral clock, which dates from about AD 1386, is supposedly the oldest working modern clock in the world. [44] The clock has no face; all clocks of that date rang out the hours on a bell. It was originally in a bell tower that was demolished in 1792.
The Royal Liver Building Clock, Liverpool is Britain's largest clock face, and the largest electronically driven clocks in the UK. Salisbury Cathedral clock displays a model of the universe in miniature. The mechanism, dated at 1392 and still working, is in London's Science Museum.
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.
Marquard furnishes a clock for the Katharinenkirche. The cathedral already had a clock in 1346 1386 England Salisbury: Salisbury Cathedral: Salisbury Cathedral clock: Striking Clock Deed might not be the clock on display at the cathedral 1386 Germany Würzburg: cathedral clock at the cathedral mentioned 1388 France Béthune: belfry striking clock
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After inspecting the clock, Howgrave-Graham worked with the friends of Salisbury Cathedral in having the clock brought down from the Great Tower and exhibited in the north transept of the cathedral. Howgrave-Graham continued to undertake research on the Salisbury clock and was instrumental in having the clock restored. [13]
Salisbury Cathedral clock, dating from about 1386, is one of the oldest working clocks in the world, and may be the oldest; it still has most of its original parts. [106] [note 5] The Wells Cathedral clock, built in 1392, is unique in that it still has its original medieval face. Above the clock are figures which hit the bells, and a set of ...