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  2. 108 Leonard - Wikipedia

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    The clock has four faces, each measuring 12 ft (3.7 m) in diameter and marked with Roman numerals. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Each corner of the clock tower was ornamented by a 20-foot-tall column. [ 40 ] The clock tower was topped with by a 33 ft-tall (10 m), 8-short-ton (7.1-long-ton; 7.3 t) sculpture made by French-American sculptor Philip Martiny . [ 41 ]

  3. List of largest clock faces - Wikipedia

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    A list of permanent working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least 4 m (13 ft) in diameter. Clocks can be located on the exterior or interior of buildings, and towers as well as on the ground as is the case with floral clock faces.

  4. Gridiron pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, another type of temperature-compensated pendulum, the mercury pendulum invented in 1721 by George Graham, was used in the highest-precision clocks. [8]: p.289 [4] By 1900, the highest-precision astronomical regulator clocks used pendulum rods of low thermal expansion materials such as invar [3] [2] and fused quartz. [4]

  5. Torsion pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    A torsion pendulum clock, more commonly known as an anniversary clock or 400-day clock, is a mechanical clock which keeps time with a mechanism called a torsion pendulum. This is a weighted disk or wheel, often a decorative wheel with three or four chrome balls on ornate spokes, suspended by a thin wire or ribbon called a torsion spring (also ...

  6. Grandfather clock - Wikipedia

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    A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock, with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet) tall with an enclosed pendulum and weights, suspended by ...

  7. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower - Wikipedia

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    Each clock face is 26.5 feet (8.1 m) in diameter, while the numerals on the clock faces are four feet (1.2 m) tall. [ 22 ] [ 27 ] [ 31 ] The numerals and minute markers on the clock faces are edged with copper, while the minute and hour hands are made of iron with a copper sheathing.