>Tiny Ticker (ScienCentral)
Scientists have created a tiny atomic clock that could lead to more precise navigation systems and more reliable cell phone networks. This ScienCentral News video has more.
>Venerable clock boasts a story for the ages (San Jose Mercury News)
Everyone says nothing is built to last in America anymore. You're lucky to get four years on a computer, 10 years on a car, 24 months on a cell phone. My buffalo-leather billfold, supposedly guaranteed for life, is falling apart at the seams.
>The parable of the grandfather clock (Manila Bulletin)
THE farmer had a lifelong obsession. Since childhood he had a fervent hope of someday owning a grandfather clock. It all started when he was barely seven years old. His father had some business to transact with the landowner. By a stroke of happy coincidence, his father let him come along.
>Time with its own value (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
T rivia question: What was the original name of the grandfather clock? Give up? Back in the 17th century it was called the tall case clock. Not until 1875, when a song entitled "My Grandfather's Clock" became popular, did the current name take over.
>Meanwhile: The ineffable mystery of religious battles (International Herald Tribune)
BOSTON Once a week or so, I come downstairs in the morning to find that the three weights of the grandfather clock in the living room have fallen to the bottom of the oaken cabinet. To keep the clock going, they must be lifted on their chains.
>Venerable clock boasts a story for the ages (San Jose Mercury News)
Everyone says nothing is built to last in America anymore. You're lucky to get four years on a computer, 10 years on a car, 24 months on a cell phone. My buffalo-leather billfold, supposedly guaranteed for life, is falling apart at the seams.
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>The Farmer File: Dark and stormy prose
Naples Daily News, FL - 4 hours ago
... date was different.". • "The thing that goes back and forth inside the old grandfather clock swung like a pendulum.". Don Farmer is ...
>Carnegie Medal honors a Tacoma family’s hero
Tacoma News Tribune, WA - Jan 2, 2005
... Lisa Russell has his ashes stored inside a grandfather clock in their North Tacoma home. Every swing of the pendulum reminds her of the wonderful years they had ...
>Venerable clock boasts a story for the ages
San Jose Mercury News (subscription), CA - Jan 2, 2005
... The clock is powered by gravity: A crank lifts a counterweight on a cable, which then drives a pendulum, much like a grandfather clock. ...
>a special clock tells more than just the hour
Indianapolis Star, IN - Dec 31, 2004
... "To somebody buying a grandfather clock, timekeeping is ... "It's an animate object. A clock will speak to you through the motion of the pendulum and the sound ...
>Time after time
Indianapolis Star, IN - Dec 31, 2004
... "To somebody buying a grandfather clock, timekeeping is ... "It's an animate object. A clock will speak to you through the motion of the pendulum and the sound ...
>Timeless Clocks
Portland Press Herald, ME - Dec 26, 2004
... and up have a tendency to go toward grandfather and grandmother ... to one of his generals, and a clock made in ... moon phase, a silver skull for a pendulum bob, and ...
>Time with its own value
SunHerald.com, MS - Dec 25, 2004
... numeral VI on all but the most recent grandfather clocks ... Ever heard of a wag-on-the-wall clock? The weight and pendulum dangle and wag outside the clock's casing ...
