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Ingeborg Belling was born on 23 December 1848 in Bergen to master carpenter Carl Daniel Belling (1817–1889) and Serine "Siri" Andrine Torkildsdatter (c. 1828 –1879). [1] On 12 May 1872, she married actor Abraham Christian Hjalmar Frithjof Hammer in Christiania .
Belling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Reginald Belling (1884–1965), manufacturer of electric cookers; Ingeborg Belling (1848–1927), Norwegian actress; Johann Georg von Belling (1642–1689), Prussian general; John Belling (1866–1933), English cytogenetist; Kylie Belling (born 1964), Australian actress
Beginning in 1943, Westclox and other companies introduced clocks for the civilian market that used much less brass than previously. Clocks were labeled as "Waralarm" by Westclox and only referenced city of origin; no mention of maker appeared. Other clock companies also produced clocks that were labeled "War Alarm", such as Gilbert and Telechron.
Ingeborg Beling (6 March 1904 – 15 January 1988) was a German ethologist from the early 20th century who worked in the field of chronobiology.She studied at the University of Munich under the direction of Karl Von Frisch and is known for her research on the time sense of honey bees.
The Verdin Company is a manufacturer of bronze bells, clocks and towers based in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States. The company has been making, restoring, and repairing bells for use in bell and clock towers, peals, chimes, and carillons since 1842. [1] The company also manufactures electronic carillons, street clocks, glockenspiels, and ...
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.
Longcase clocks (grandfather clocks) typically use Roman numerals for the hours. Clocks using only Arabic numerals first began to appear in the mid-18th century. [citation needed] The clock face is so familiar that the numbers are often omitted and replaced with unlabeled graduations (marks), particularly in the case of watches. Occasionally ...
The rack and snail striking mechanism used in repeaters is described in detail in the striking clock article. Repeater clocks often had a cord with a button on the end protruding from the side of the clock. Pulling the cord actuated the repeater mechanism. This was called a pull repeater. Repeating carriage clocks have a button on the top to ...