| 单词 | clockmaker |
| 例句 | A book requires an author; a palace requires an architect; a clock requires a clockmaker; and the universe requires a creator. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Robert Boyle, on the other hand, insisted that was precisely how one had to think of the universe: following Kepler, he compared the universe to a clock, and so compared God to a clockmaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Having been told by one clockmaker he would not suit, Johnny walked in on two more and got the same answer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Implicitly, he was saying that God might be rather like a clockmaker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Decades later, the prize was awarded to a clockmaker, John Harrison. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If we think of God as a clockmaker, then we can be confident that he will have made a world amenable to experimental enquiry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “There are other clockmakers in the world,” Hector says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was an easy step to the proposition: as a clockmaker or millwright is to a clock or mill, so is God to Nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He was a clockmaker. He made the clock inside the gates.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His quickness and address struck everyone favorably, and so an old clockmaker eagerly agreed to take him on—especially when he told him that he had already served Mr. Lapham two years. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock was designed by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens - who incidentally had published essays on the physics of music - and built by clockmaker Salomon Coster. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Tompion never married, but he was apparently close to his nieces; two of them married apprentices to the clockmaker. Antiques: Newark Recalls Its Lustrous Metals Past 2014-01-02T18:49:37Z Brandling's story of his travels in Germany and commissioning the automaton from a mysterious German clockmaker are less compelling, but it adds texture to the plight of the novel's central character. 'The Chemistry of Tears': the mournful mechanics of a broken heart 2012-05-16T18:45:09Z In Ravel’s hands, the comic concept — that a clockmaker’s lusty wife needs her mechanism regulated — is applied lightly throughout in a work that mixes sumptuous orchestration and harmonic color with burlesque antics. ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’: An affectionate comic opera look at the high court 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z “If animals possessed senses of a different nature from our own, how would we know?” asks Sumper, a clockmaker who echoes the great man’s thoughts, since he fell heavily under Cruickshank’s spell. Books of The Times: ?The Chemistry of Tears,? a Novel by Peter Carey 2012-05-21T03:47:19Z A mere duck will not do for the clockmaker, any more than clockwork, for all its engrossing ingenuity, will do for Carey. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z The clock had stopped ticking long ago, and Untergunther, helped by a master clockmaker, repaired it so the Panthéon’s bells could chime for the first time in 40 years. Art Review: ‘Adhocracy’ at the New Museum 2013-05-09T20:27:22Z But there were witty moments as the action unfolded in Donald Eastman’s effective set, a crowded junk shop owned by the eccentric clockmaker Torquemada, sung by the tenor Spencer Lang. Music Review: Objects of Operatic Desire: Abundant Money and Men 2011-04-28T21:35:05Z The clockmaker’s workshop was so renowned that its address, at the intersection of Second and Chestnut Streets, was known as Stretch’s Corner. Antiques: Clocks That Have Been Ticking Since Before the Revolution 2013-08-22T21:31:46Z In the mid 1800s, clockmakers in America were making great strides in alarm-clock technology, which led to a pathetic effort to extend the technology a bit further. Perspective | How to turn your writing into an obstacle course 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z That's until Finn turns up: the slave of an evil clockmaker. Lilliput by Sam Gayton - review 2013-04-21T11:00:00Z Much like the figurines in old-fashioned automaton clocks, they enter at the appointed time, execute clever bits of business and exit, leaving no impression other than admiration for clockmaker’s skill. ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Review: Desire, Once Upon a Time 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Over time, the master watch- and clockmakers among them began outsourcing production to farmers in the Jura, who used the fallow months between October and May to fulfill Europe’s growing demand for timepieces. Special Report: Watches: A Living Museum of Watchmaking 2011-01-17T08:00:57Z Noel Poirier, the director of the National Watch & Clock Museum, described the loss of Timexpo’s documentation of Connecticut clockmakers as “heartbreaking in a lot of ways.” Timex Museum Prepares to Shut Its Doors 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Dent — the clockmakers responsible for Big Ben — and another firm relied on these fragments to create the replica you see today. 36 Hours in King’s Cross, London 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z There’s a rich display of Spanish colonial art, and an illuminating gallery of Philadelphia’s free Black clockmakers, porcelain makers and silversmiths. Gehry’s Quiet Interventions Reshape the Philadelphia Museum 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Thomas Tompion, a 17th-century London clockmaker, designed weight and spring mechanisms that remain reliable to this day, and scholars have dismantled hundreds of his watches and clocks. Antiques: Newark Recalls Its Lustrous Metals Past 2014-01-02T18:49:37Z He looks around the shop with admiration; if he were not a muleteer, he would like to be a clockmaker. Glyndebourne 2012 - L'heure espagnole/l'enfant et les sortilèges synopsis, cast and creatives 2012-08-14T16:19:19Z The poor farmland drove medieval locals to become foresters, glassblowers and clockmakers. Discover the romance of Germany’s Black Forest 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Fragments of his past lives dog him – as an Italian anatomist, a Dutch clockmaker – but in each life everyone around him ages as he remains unchanged. The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland – review 2013-04-06T09:01:01Z Death—what Pu touches when he meets the ghost of the clockmaker in a dream and asks him when he, Pu, will pass on. Ingmar Bergman, novelist 2013-02-17T19:00:00Z In Pennsylvania, Welsh Quaker cabinetmakers cut inlays shaped like berries on vines, and German clockmakers engineered chimes that rang different tunes for each day of the week. Antiques: Americana Shows That Keep It Local 2011-03-31T20:37:29Z Stephan Farffler, a clockmaker who lost the use of his legs in a childhood accident, created the device so he could propel himself to and from church in Nuremberg, Germany. The history of the wheelchair—from Roman baths to modern sports 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z This outlook lent itself to one in which God could be seen as a great scientist or clockmaker: the divine intelligence who created a perfect universe and then set it in motion. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Its tale of the dying days of a New England clockmaker was knotty and morbid, but in a memorably lyrical, gentle way. Paul Harding's modest debut won a surprise Pulitzer. His third novel aims too high 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Scobie-Youngs said that the clock had been in remarkably good condition and that he had been awed by the skill of the 19th-century clockmakers. Big Ben’s Bongs Will Soon Ring Out Again Across London 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Reversing the customary flow of trade, New England clockmakers even sold their products in Great Britain. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Newton believed that God was the creator of this orderly universe, the clockmaker who had set everything in motion. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The clockmaker pointed out that the king was wrong. Perspective | Why do clocks have IIII for 4 o’clock rather than the Roman numeral IV? 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Alex Jeffrey, one of three clockmakers at the Palace of Westminster, the parliament building's official name, said the clock had been transported to Cumbria, in northwestern England, to be disassembled and rebuilt. London's Big Ben to show fresh face to ring in New Year 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The rest of the case is decorated with leaf wreaths, medallions and figures of famous clockmakers. Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Using Newton’s findings to compare the universe to a clock, they saw God as the clockmaker who created the world, gave it natural laws, and allowed it to run freely. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The first modern orrery was built by clockmakers George Graham and Thomas Tompion in the early 1700s. The traditional crafts in danger of dying out 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z “What a story!” a clockmaker told a reporter for the Chicago Daily News in 1927. Perspective | Why do clocks have IIII for 4 o’clock rather than the Roman numeral IV? 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Sokosh dusted off the skills he had acquired during a two-year hiatus from college when he worked as a clockmaker’s apprentice. A Watch Industry Grows in Brooklyn 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Harrison was born 325 years ago in Yorkshire, England and grew up to become a clockmaker. John Harrison’s super-accurate clock helped solve the longitude puzzle 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The clockmaker spent much of his later life trying to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Appeal for clockmaker statue in village 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z She also has been portrayed as a witch who destroys a young poet, and as a seductress who witnesses a robbery and murder in a clockmaker’s shop. At a family workshop near Paris, the ‘drowned Mona Lisa’ death mask lives on 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z This clockmaker went on to provide a more technical explanation. Perspective | Why do clocks have IIII for 4 o’clock rather than the Roman numeral IV? 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z After all, clocks have purposes — to keep time, a purpose imparted by clockmakers — and they’re wholly mechanical. Can Evolution Have a ‘Higher Purpose’? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z But that version of the story ignores the contributions of other clockmakers in the UK and in France who also were making progress towards developing reliable chronometers. John Harrison’s super-accurate clock helped solve the longitude puzzle 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Early in the 18th century, a clockmaker with little formal education won a prize offered by the British government to solve the problem of longitude in the race to dominate commerce on the high seas. How Charles Lindbergh Inspired Private Spaceflight 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Getting back to Ramunni’s epiphany in Vermont: The guy the clockmaker recommended was Cliff Douglas, an avid collector and seller who had 125 secondhand accordions in his garage. Accountant’s obsession becomes New England Accordion Museum 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z And it was a Scottish architect and clockmaker, Christopher Galloway, who remodeled the Savior Tower that leads to Red Square. How the layering of migrating people and cultures over centuries wrote the story of Europe 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The clockmaker and music box expert ran a museum regularly visited by children, despite social services being aware 20 years ago of his convictions for child abuse. Paedophile link to Savile show guest 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Dozens of the top clockmakers in the world convened in new orleans one muggy week in May 2002 to present their latest inventions. Ultraprecise Clocks Approach Chronometry’s Final Frontier 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z He says he always enjoyed working with his hands, and it wasn’t a big surprise when he decided to pursue an apprenticeship as a clockmaker. EXCHANGE: Elgin clockmaker in exclusive club 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z My wife, Marsha, thought I might be ill, but I called a local clockmaker in Vergennes and asked if he had any accordions. Accountant’s obsession becomes New England Accordion Museum 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z But Mr Harrison, a clockmaker from Yorkshire, created a chronometer that overcame these problems. £10m Longitude Prize to be launched 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Specialist clockmakers Smith of Derby will be changing the times of clocks on famous landmarks, including St Paul's Cathedral in London. Clock engineers' race against time 2013-10-26T23:25:05Z The U.S. economy needs all kinds of entrepreneurs—from coders to clockmakers—in order to close its widening fiscal hole. The Real Definition Of Entrepreneur---And Why It Matters 2012-06-05T13:18:45Z His father was a clockmaker from Philadelphia, who returned with his family to America when the future painter was five years old. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z “But your Majesty is wrong,” rejoined that not very tactful clockmaker. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z For example, there have been numerous works relating to clocks and clockmakers, so that the collector and horological student have a number of useful sources on which to rely. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z During the 1580s clockmakers received commissions for timekeepers showing minutes and seconds, but their mechanisms were insufficiently accurate for these fractions to be included on dials until the 1660s, when the pendulum clock was developed. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z Credit for inventing the pendulum is also claimed for Harris, a London clockmaker; for Hooke, the great English philosopher; for a son of Galileo, the celebrated Italian scientist; and for others. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The clockmaker had previously sent his servant away, for he was afraid of her. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The gunsmith glories in his rifle, when she never misses her aim; the clockmaker glories in his clock when she tells the time exactly. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z This seems to be entirely plausible, and was probably true, for example, of Thomas Harland the clockmaker, Anthony Lamb, and perhaps several others. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The celebrated English clockmaker Thomas Tompion—and, subsequently, his successor, George Graham—later modified the anchor escapement to operate without recoil. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z Her father was a clockmaker, named Alexander Pyper, who had married a worthy woman, Isabella Andrews, both of whom were natives of Edinburgh. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z Towards evening I felt so sad, I went out at all hazards to see Luisa; I passed before the house of the clockmaker's. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z At the age of seventeen he went to sea, but he discontinued his sailor life after a few voyages and became successively a clockmaker, a brassfounder and a silversmith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Another important influence on early American instrument-making which must be noted was that of the clockmaker as an artisan. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Watches for the Masses Many clockmakers of this era realized that the market for watches would far exceed that for clocks if production costs could be reduced. A Chronicle of Timekeeping 2011-12-31T05:15:09.740Z He was, moreover, a clockmaker by trade, and always wore spectacles. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The son of a mechanical engineer and grandson of a clockmaker, Mr. Rickey makes pieces that are the perfect marriage of art and precision engineering. | Long Island: In East Hampton, Art and Craft in Motion 2010-05-15T00:52:00Z We were just in time: the clockmaker was about to pack up and despatch it. Glories of Spain He made mathematical instruments and clocks in addition to working as a silversmith, clockmaker, and hydraulic engineer. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The poor thing served us faithfully, and never tried stopping even for a time, never once in its life had it to be set to rights by a clockmaker. Yiddish Tales Butzj�ger was considered to be a good craftsman in the region, yet today there is not even a mention of his name in the lists of clockmakers. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 "You are more in my own station," said Annele often, "for you too are a clockmaker's wife." Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. "He is a skinflint; a poor stingy bit of a clockmaker!" said Annele, indignantly. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. The clockmakers who worked in Connecticut during the span of the 18th century numbered almost a hundred. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The following August found me at Petworth, in Sussex, lodging over a clockmaker's shop that looked out upon the Market Square. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. This combination of five clerical clockmakers who lived in the same region during the same period of time is sufficiently unusual. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 She was not fitted to be the wife of a small clockmaker, and to look after his household. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. It was now the turn of the poor clockmakers, tributaries of the Landlord, whom he kept well under his thumb, and whose work he bought, to send off to distant countries. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. Although not very active as a clockmaker, Isaac Jr. appears to have specialized more in the production of surveying and nautical instruments. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z "He is an old skinflint," she exclaimed, "a stupid, petty clockmaker." Edelweiss A Story His subsequent work is sufficient indication that he developed into an extremely skilled craftsman, and he became the equal of any clockmaker of his time. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 But, Herr Doctor, you are aware that I sought by every means in thy power, to induce all the clockmakers in our district, to enter into an association. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. Annele took no notice of them, but they addressed Lenz respectfully, and expressed their great satisfaction that a clockmaker had now become the son-in-law of the Landlord of the "Lion." Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. The founder of the line and first of interest was Benjamin Chandlee, Sr., who migrated in 1702 from Ireland to Philadelphia, where he was apprenticed to Abel Cottey, clockmaker, and eventually married his daughter. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z One that can establish a union in which all shall stand by each other like the trees in a forest,--a forest of miserable clockmakers! Edelweiss A Story It is not difficult to visualize the two men, the priest and the clockmaker, as they sat together night after night working out their plans. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 A poor clockmaker came straight to Lenz one day, and declared he would not say a word of these secret doings if he was only paid his own deposit. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. "Yes, indeed, clockmakers," said Bertha, playfully, "are like their own clocks, they always want winding up." Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. He was well known locally as a medical doctor, scientist, "hexmeister", clockmaker, and teacher. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z She was not made to keep house for a petty clockmaker; she was made to be a landlady. Edelweiss A Story The priest wished to produce a clock such as the world had never seen before, such as the greatest scientists and clockmakers of all time had never been able to make. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 The clockmakers of Nuremberg were famous for their ingenious productions. Dürer Artist-Biographies On a bench before the door was seated a man with whom we are already acquainted—the clockmaker, Faller. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. Yet, a large proportion of the surviving surveying and nautical instruments produced before 1800 were the work of clockmakers. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z A clockmaker, used to such constant sitting, gets to be delicate. Edelweiss A Story However, when the priest and the clockmaker put the finishing touches to their great clock, the result surpassed the greatest possible expectations, for it was truly a masterpiece. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Two hours later my poor brother's coffin was conveyed from the clockmaker's house to the city hall, the great council chamber of which had been converted into an impromptu chapelle ardente. Long Live the King This was the way in which the clockmaker Faller talked, and his deep bass voice often trembled from emotion. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. Of particular interest in connection with Ellicott's career as a clockmaker and instrument maker are two advertisements that appeared in the Baltimore newspapers. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Upon a bench before the house sat a man whom we have seen before, the clockmaker Fallen. Edelweiss A Story The second clock may have been the last project on which the priest and the clockmaker worked together, for very good reasons. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 On the night of his arrival the body was stolen from the clockmaker's house, with the assistance of one of the family, who had been heavily bribed. Long Live the King What on earth does he mean by always referring to the stupid clockmakers? Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. After serving an apprenticeship, he worked as a clockmaker and silversmith in Boston. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z What have those stupid clockmakers to do with the matter? Edelweiss A Story One of Bertolla's nephews continued to work in the master clockmaker's workshop, but there did not appear to be any association between the younger man and Father Borghesi. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 How much more are the glass-manufacturers, and the clockmakers regarded; and even the musicians, on a Sunday evening! Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors He had been originally a clockmaker, who had acquired a considerable sum of money during a twelve years' residence in Spain. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. He became established as a clockmaker and produced tall case clocks and other types. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Many of the clockmakers work fourteen hours a day. Edelweiss A Story Other clockmaker's tools and equipment in the museum's collection are also displayed. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 The king, furious at the idea of a nutcracker being brought before him as a son-in-law, laid all the blame upon the clockmaker and the astronomer, and ordered them both to be banished for ever. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Hence they have not been regarded with great favour by clockmakers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Brief mention has already been made of the Chandlee family of clockmakers and instrument makers of the 18th century. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z I shall hold fast to my trade of clockmaker. Edelweiss A Story Among the tradesmen and artisans of the town were watchmakers and clockmakers, jewelers, goldsmiths, coppersmiths, gunsmiths, blacksmiths, and ironmongers; confectioners, bakers and brewers; hatters, and wig-makers. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria But Drosselmeier laughed oddly, and said: 'Well, you know I'm a clever clockmaker. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. There is probably a future before synchronization which will enable the services of a clockmaker to be largely dispensed with and relegate his work merely to keeping the instruments in repair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" He operated a wire mill in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1780 and moved shortly thereafter to Philadelphia, where he established a clockmaker's shop on Second Street. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z He was a native of the village, the son of a clockmaker. Edelweiss A Story On a clock in the chamber of Louis there was the inscription: 'Le Pautre, clockmaker to the king.' Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 Do you compare God's omnipotence to the wretched art of the clockmaker, who can't save his lifeless machinery from destruction? The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He was above all things a sentimentalist, this son of a Genevan clockmaker. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 In 1770 William Williams established himself as a mathematical instrument maker and clockmaker at No. 1 Long Wharf, at the Crown Coffee House, as it was then known. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z "You clockmakers," said Bertha, archly, "are like your clocks, always wound up." Edelweiss A Story The mulberry, sold for firewood, was bought by a local clockmaker, who made solemn affidavit that the toys he made of it were from the genuine sacred tree. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts The circle of his acquaintanceship also included Kay, a clockmaker of Warrington, who had assisted Highs on several occasions in his investigations. The Story of the Cotton Plant His father is said to have been a blacksmith and clockmaker, and there is a tradition that Quentin only forsook the hammer for the brush at instigation of a tender passion for a beautiful lady. Six Centuries of Painting Clough's name does not appear on any of the lists of instrument makers or clockmakers, yet it is a name that is fairly prevalent in Boston. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The clockmakers, instead of receiving ready money, had had the privilege of taking various stores from his shop on the landlord's security. Edelweiss A Story We fiddlers have to be very thankful that the master clockmakers of Paris were not more liberal to their employ�s! The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. After the silent meal, the old clockmaker left the table without embracing his daughter, or saying his usual "Good-night" to all. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The watchmaker has had to overcome the same difficulty as the clockmaker with regard to the expansion of the metal in the controlling agent. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use There he applied himself to his trade as goldsmith and clockmaker, but apparently he was not very successful. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Did you want to unite the clockmakers in an association? Edelweiss A Story A larger model, with two airscrews driven by clockwork, was exhibited in 1850 by M. Jullien, a clockmaker of Paris, and flew successfully against a slight breeze. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Indeed, the whole world in his eyes was condensed into this old clockmaker's house, and he passed all his time near the young girl, when he left her father's workshop, after his work was over. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories He was advised to send it to the clockmaker, but that would cost money; and he declared that he would repair it himself—at least he would try. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson He learned the trade of clockmaker in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, presumably working with the members of the Ham family or others. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z He urged the clockmakers either to contribute a share to the new manufactory or to set up one of their own. Edelweiss A Story The whole world was to him like a clockmaker's great workshop, in which all the clocks were going "tick, tick," and all the turret clocks striking "ding, dong." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The news of the strange derangements which his watches betrayed had a prodigious effect upon the master clockmakers of Geneva. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories The whole world was to him like a great clockmaker's workshop, wherein all the clocks were going "tick, tick!" and all the turret clocks striking "ding dong!" What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales "A pretty gigantic project it was for a clockmaker, I can tell you," went on McPhearson. Christopher and the Clockmakers One poor clockmaker came to Lenz and promised to betray nothing if he might but have restored to him what was rightfully his. Edelweiss A Story The best artists in Augsburg, clockmakers, jewellers, smiths, and carpenters, were engaged to execute the work, and from the zeal which so novel an instrument inspired, the quadrant was completed in less than a month. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler The high priest of the Transcendental movement was Amos Bronson Alcott, born on a Connecticut farm in 1799, successively in youth a clockmaker, peddler and book-agent, and finally driven by dire necessity to teaching school. American Men of Mind She gulps down a lump in her throat, and gives Nicolas Marais a smile that makes the clockmaker long to knock his rival's head against the gray buttress of the old church. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 "A prophet is not without honour save in his own country," laughed the old clockmaker. Christopher and the Clockmakers Next came the poor clockmakers, whose works the landlord sent off to foreign markets, and who were kept very close under the great man's thumb. Edelweiss A Story I determined to look into the thing myself, and I set out with the lame clockmaker to interview the man. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile “A clockmaker would have had that weight off first thing, I suppose,” he said to himself, as he toiled away. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias Toward midday a soldier set fire to the dwelling of a clockmaker by deliberately upsetting the contents of an oil lamp which he used for making coffee. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 "Not yet, Bailey," the clockmaker replied without, however, looking up. Christopher and the Clockmakers Annele paid them no attention, so they addressed themselves chiefly to Lenz expressing a certain pleased satisfaction at a clockmaker's becoming son-in-law of the landlord of the Lion. Edelweiss A Story That cove," he said, indicating the clockmaker "'as never been a-nigh me this four months. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile The clockmaker burst into a hearty fit of laughter. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias He opened the window gently, and was about to speak when he heard the clockmaker's voice saying cautiously, 'Is that you, Captain?' Chatterbox, 1905. "I see you are not one to keep hitching and twiddling around," the clockmaker presently remarked, with a twinkle. Christopher and the Clockmakers No stratagem was used to detain the petty clockmakers, of whom many were anxious to be at home early, in order not to lose a second working-day. Edelweiss A Story I held that property in trust for my infant daughter, and the rents were collected for me weekly by a little lame clockmaker named Chesson. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Ah, well, let it rest with us, and I daresay the clockmaker will have his own theory about how the two wheels happened to be missing from the works of the clock. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias Principle and intention were both all right, of course, but they were clumsily carried out, and the whole effect was to remind one unpleasantly of the clockmaker puffing his wares. Sword and Gown A Novel The jealous old clockmakers kept their eye on those who were manufacturing clocks, I can tell you. Christopher and the Clockmakers A great outcry was raised among the native clockmakers, that they should be ruined if clocks were to be manufactured by machinery, as they were in America. Edelweiss A Story In no place does he make anyone praise his voice, and, as he said, it reminded one Spanish woman of a German clockmaker’s. George Borrow The Man and His Books In the Statutes of Francis I., there is a clause stating that clockmakers as well as goldsmiths were authorized to employ in their work gold, silver, and all other materials. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Several floors in the Fifth Avenue headquarters house artists, engravers, clockmakers and jewelry craftsmen. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Nevertheless, the clockmakers were a stern, tyrannical lot. Christopher and the Clockmakers Nevertheless," she added, "the engineer and the doctor's son will grow rich while the clockmakers think themselves lucky to be allowed to keep on in their former ruts. Edelweiss A Story He was indeed the most celebrated clockmaker of the age; he had brought to perfection every branch of his art. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 Members of the clockmakers’ guild of Basel travelled to see it, and raised their hands in surprise and admiration. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Mary spoke of him as if she'd invented him, and knew his works, like a clockmaker knows a clock. The Torch and Other Tales For example, when war in France drove many of the French artisans to England, up rose the London clockmakers to protest against any of the French makers practicing their craft within their domains. Christopher and the Clockmakers I am glad I am a clockmaker; it is a noble calling. Edelweiss A Story The professor, having remarked the unwearied assiduity of the young clockmaker, made a friend of him, and delighted in considering him as his beloved pupil. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 The Clockmaker of Strassburg There dwelt in the town of Strassburg an old clockmaker. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The American clockmakers of the Eighteenth Century made many of those jolly little wall clocks called Wag-on-the-Wall. The House in Good Taste "It wasn't all smooth sailing, being a clockmaker in those days," he declared. Christopher and the Clockmakers My pet project is to form a clockmaker's union, so that all could work together for the benefit of each. Edelweiss A Story The great metamorphosis which was effected so suddenly in the young clockmaker was very remarkable. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 One day this creature called on the clockmaker, announced that he had been made a magistrate, and demanded the hand of Guta, hinting that it would go ill with the master should he refuse. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The lovers devoted their lives to the comfort of the blind clockmaker, and the wicked magistrate was hooted from society. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 The people of 1700 loved music and so did the clockmakers. Christopher and the Clockmakers "And could not have thought of it, if you had," interrupted the deep voice of young Faller, the clockmaker. Edelweiss A Story Bréguet was member of the Institute, was clockmaker to the navy, and member of the Bureau of Longitude. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 The clockmaker was taken completely by surprise, but he offered his congratulations and called the girl to speak for herself as to her hand. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The place buzzed like a beehive and ticked like a clockmaker's. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office These ornaments were roughly cast in brass and afterward more carefully lacquered and finished by the clockmaker himself. Christopher and the Clockmakers What in his days of prosperity he could not succeed in accomplishing was effected now as by tacit agreement; the various independent clockmakers were united in a general association. Edelweiss A Story As I was favorably known throughout the world as a clockmaker, this Company wanted to use my label as the clocks would sell better in some parts of the country than with his label. History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome When he heard the story he was most indignant; later, when the clockmaker had left the young people alone, Guta confessed that the attentions of the magistrate were loathsome to her, and burst into tears. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine These old clockmakers made their clocks to keep perfect time, and outlast Time himself! The Moon Rock "Was a list of all the London clockmakers kept?" questioned Christopher incredulously. Christopher and the Clockmakers The clockmaker proposed to the parish "to do one thing, which London shall not show the like," and we hope our Engraving may be the means of rescuing his eccentric ingenuity from oblivion. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 So far, and waiving their use to himself, a clockmaker could have made a better pair. Little Dorrit The corporation of Basel, having set their hearts on the wonderful timepiece, commissioned the clockmaker to make another like it, and offered substantial remuneration. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Strange that those old clockmakers could make clocks to last so long, but couldn’t keep their own life-springs running half the time! The Moon Rock "They didn't seem to think so downstairs," was the clockmaker's laconic retort. Christopher and the Clockmakers All the forces of the world are clocks which agree with each other, because they have been regulated in advance by the divine clockmaker, and they all indicate the eternal hour. Initiation into Philosophy Jacquemart, it may be here explained, is a corruption of Jacques Marques, the name of a famous Flemish clockmaker who lived in the fourteenth century. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne So to preserve the uniqueness of their treasure they haled the old clockmaker before a tribunal and ordered him to cease practising his art. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine But before Adolph could call his brother, the man bolted and was gone in an instant, leaving the mechanism in the hands of the bewildered clockmaker. Revenge! This explains why so many of the early clockmakers devoted such a degree of energy and skill to fashioning all sorts of pantomimes to be enacted by miniature figures at certain hours. Christopher and the Clockmakers The little clockmaker, the grocery clerks, the tripe woman and the fruit woman all knew the song and joined in the chorus. L'Assommoir Yet the artists and architects, the clockmakers and bellfounders, who love beauty, remember what their fathers once thought and believed. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks At last the day came when the clockmaker joyfully announced that his masterpiece was finished, and he called upon Guta and his young partner to witness his handiwork. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine "It was merely an excuse to get inside, I am sure of that, for no clockmaker ever made it." Revenge! The religious figures disappeared together with the elaborate pantomimes that accompanied them, and the clockmakers directed their energies to making the clock primarily a time-telling agency. Christopher and the Clockmakers Coupeau, noticing the little clockmaker looked very thirsty, held up a bottle; and as the other nodded his head, he carried him the bottle and a glass. L'Assommoir But the period of my servitude in prison is now finished; I follow with advantage two of my early trades, those of goldsmith and clockmaker.* Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Her family were fairly well-to-do; her grandfather, Mr. Charles Smith, was a currier in Bermondsey; her cousin, also Charles Smith, was a clockmaker of repute in Bunhill Row. The Life of Captain James Cook He respites you in no place but a tavern, where he sells his minutes dearer than a clockmaker. Character Writings of the 17th Century Possibly, too, clockmakers were curious to see what they could do in more limited space. Christopher and the Clockmakers The immortal clockmaker, when he was in a more quaintly sententious humor than common, once propounded the doctrine that the direct road to a mother's heart is through her child. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales Around 1740, clockmaker and Quaker Benjamin Huntsman was struck with the difficulty of finding finely tempered steel for the springs of his watches and pendulums of his clocks. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III I didn't intend to turn preacher, Doctor, but I do positively believe, if I hadn't a been a clockmaker, dear old Minister would have made me one. Nature and Human Nature The little clockmaker, having been overruled by the judge, was in a nasty temper. Yollop The advent of the pendulum, invented probably by Christian Huygens, a Dutch mathematician, opened up no end of complications for the early clockmakers. Christopher and the Clockmakers He does not even think much of a clockmaker. Emile The sentries will all be questioned, and it will be found that, whereas but one clockmaker came in two went out. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus I am content to be a humble Yankee clockmaker. Nature and Human Nature A species of wire is made, the section of which resembles a star with from six to twelve rays; this is called pinion wire, and is used by the clockmakers. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures But the poor old clockmakers had to gather these facts by long and tiresome experiment. Christopher and the Clockmakers Eventually I joined company with a very famous clockmaker, called Maestro Cherubino, my esteemed friend. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "Under whom did you learn your trade?" the governor asked; "for I have been in Nuremberg and know most of the guild of clockmakers by name." The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus Now, by trade I am a clockmaker, and by birth I have the honour to be a Yankee. Nature and Human Nature On examining the nature of this profitable work, the master clockmakers perceived that one part of the bobbin net machines, that which held the bobbins, could easily be made in their own workshops. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures "And all this time while clockmakers were fussing round about bobs and pendulums, did the people have to keep on running to the cathedral or the public square to find out what time it was?" Christopher and the Clockmakers Messer Cherubino wore the habit of a priest; for though he was a clockmaker by trade, he held benefices of some value from the Pope. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "I am a clockmaker," he said, "and am come to put this machine, whose stopping has annoyed you sadly, into order." The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus I did so, and thus accidentally I became a clockmaker. Nature and Human Nature The clockmaker, who had been sent to repair it, had pronounced the machinery to be so completely destroyed, that it would have to be renewed. Joseph II. and His Court The kind old clockmaker slipped an arm about his shoulders. Christopher and the Clockmakers But the truth is, it was a house wherein precision reigned: a tuner and a clockmaker visited by contract every month. A Woman-Hater They were two departed clockmakers of Casterbridge, whose desperate rivalry throughout their lives was nowhere more emphatically perpetuated than here at Geoffrey’s. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school "So," I said, preparing to return it to him, "you are a clockmaker?" From the Memoirs of a Minister of France At twelve years of age he was apprenticed to a clockmaker, with whom he remained eight years. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers Sensing that explanation and argument would delay him, Christopher dashed ahead, the clockmaker panting at his heels. Christopher and the Clockmakers Next year a druggist surely ought to come among us, and next we want a clockmaker, a furniture dealer, and a bookseller; and so, by degrees, we shall have all the desirable luxuries of life. The Country Doctor "Evidently there were clockmakers who worked on that theory," was McPhearson's dry answer. Christopher and the Clockmakers I could add to this tale many another one of the early clockmakers. Christopher and the Clockmakers An excellent one, put up in a church steeple in Newburyport in 1786, was made by Simon Willard, a great Massachusetts clockmaker of whom I will sometime tell you more. Christopher and the Clockmakers You see, therefore, he was no ordinary uneducated clockmaker. Christopher and the Clockmakers There were good clockmakers in both New York and Philadelphia by the year 1750. Christopher and the Clockmakers New England, where many of the first clockmakers had originally settled, led the country in this industry as was natural she should, more improvements and inventions being perfected there than anywhere else. Christopher and the Clockmakers Usually clockmakers either started only three or four or else began none until they received advance orders. Christopher and the Clockmakers You remember how the old clockmakers of London blocked the path whenever a member of their craft attempted to secure one. Christopher and the Clockmakers "But my old ideas are not cheap ones," objected the clockmaker. Christopher and the Clockmakers "And I suppose all the other clockmakers promptly began to copy it," interposed Christopher. Christopher and the Clockmakers Instantly clockmakers saw the advantage of having sheet brass to work with. Christopher and the Clockmakers The plan proved a most excellent one and eventually it was universally adopted by other clockmakers. Christopher and the Clockmakers David Rittenhouse of Philadelphia was an exceedingly skillful clockmaker who not only had to his credit many fine timepieces but also some very complicated and remarkable ones. Christopher and the Clockmakers They were sitting together at the repairing bench, the clockmaker busy with an old chronometer. Christopher and the Clockmakers "Was Willard the first of the Massachusetts clockmakers?" Christopher and the Clockmakers Well, old Benjamin, the father, who was located in Framingham somewhere about the year 1716, had twelve children and three of these—Benjamin, Junior, Simon, and Aaron all became crackajack clockmakers, especially Simon. Christopher and the Clockmakers In the first place you must remember he started out on his career with the same meager equipment that hampered all the early clockmakers. Christopher and the Clockmakers A more persistent, painstaking, conscientious clockmaker never lived. Christopher and the Clockmakers The early clockmakers came over here from England and Holland precisely as did other adventurous craftsmen. Christopher and the Clockmakers These a trained clockmaker instantly recognizes—the use of brass pins to hold the dial in place, for one thing. Christopher and the Clockmakers But although eighty-five the old clockmaker did not hesitate to fill the order or travel to Washington to make sure his handiwork was properly installed. Christopher and the Clockmakers |
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