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McCullers, Carson

(Encyclopedia) McCullers, Carson, 1917–67, American novelist, b. Columbus, Ga. as Lula Carson Smith, studied at Columbia. The central theme of her novels is the spiritual isolation that underlies the…

atomic clock

(Encyclopedia) atomic clock, electric or electronic timekeeping device that is controlled by atomic or molecular oscillations. A timekeeping device must contain or be connected to some apparatus that…

clock

(Encyclopedia) CE5 A pendulum clock: Weight-driven clock mechanism clock, instrument for measuring and indicating time. Predecessors of the clock were the sundial, the hourglass, and the…

Pendulum Clocks

In 1656, Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist, made the first pendulum clock, regulated by a mechanism with a “natural” period of oscillation. Although Galileo Galilei, sometimes credited…

Clocks

Find information on a variety of clocks including on water, pendulum, quartz, mechanical, and sundials. SundialsWater ClocksAccurate Mechanical ClocksCalendarsCalendar & HolidaysSeasons…

The Devil's Dictionary: Clock

by Ambrose Bierce CLIO CLOSE-FISTED CLOCK -n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him. A busy man…

Brewer's: Alibi Clock

(An), 1887. A clock which strikes one hour, while the hands point to a different time, the real time being neither one nor the other. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Hand

A measure of length = four inches. Horses are measured up the fore leg to the shoulder, and are called 14, 15, 16 (as it may be), hands high. i. Hand (A). A symbol of fortitude in Egypt,…

piquet

(Encyclopedia) piquet or picquetpicquetboth: pēkāˈ [key], card game played by two persons with a deck of 32 cards—7 (low) up to ace (high) in each suit. Each player receives 12 cards, and eight cards…