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The Hands Of Time... A Story On American Clocks DVD

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The Wonders That The Hoffman Clock Museum Of Newark, New York Has Chronicled Of American Made Clocks Of From Colonial Times To The Dawn Of The 20th Century, Presented As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, 1983, 30 Minutes.) #TheHandsOfTime #HoffmanClockMuseum #Clocks #AmericanClocks #ColonialClocks #TimekeepingDevices #AmericanTimekeepingDevices #ColonialTimekeepingDevices #TimeMeasurementSystems #AmericanTimeMeasurementSystems #ColonialTimeMeasurementSystems #HoffmanClockMuseum #NewarkNewYork #NewarkNY #DVD

A Clock is a device used to measure, verify, keep, and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units: the day, the lunar month, and the year. Devices operating on several physical processes have been used over the millennia. Traditionally, in horology (the study of the measurement of time), the term clock was used for a striking clock, while a clock that did not strike the hours audibly was called a timepiece; this distinction was eventually no longer made. Watches and other timepieces that can be carried on one's person are usually not referred to as clocks. Spring-driven clocks appeared during the 15th century. During the 15th and 16th centuries, clockmaking flourished. The next development in accuracy occurred after 1656 with the invention of the pendulum clock by Christiaan Huygens. A major stimulus to improving the accuracy and reliability of clocks was the importance of precise time-keeping for navigation. The mechanism of a timepiece with a series of gears driven by a spring or weights is referred to as clockwork; the term is used by extension for a similar mechanism not used in a timepiece. The electric clock was patented in 1840, and electronic clocks were introduced in the 20th century, becoming widespread with the development of small battery-powered semiconductor devices. The timekeeping element in every modern clock is a harmonic oscillator, a physical object (resonator) that vibrates or oscillates at a particular frequency. This object can be a pendulum, a tuning fork, a quartz crystal, or the vibration of electrons in atoms as they emit microwaves. Clocks have different ways of displaying the time. Analog clocks indicate time with a traditional clock face, with moving hands. Digital clocks display a numeric representation of time. Two numbering systems are in use: 24-hour time notation and 12-hour notation. Most digital clocks use electronic mechanisms and LCD, LED, or VFD displays. For the blind and for use over telephones, speaking clocks state the time audibly in words. There are also clocks for the blind that have displays that can be read by touch.

The Hoffman Clock Museum is located in Newark, New York. It was founded and opened within the Newark Public Library in December 1954. The collection is named for Augustus Hoffman, a Newark resident who owned a jewelry shop in Newark for 30 years and who collected watches and clocks over a period of many years.

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