What is long hours?
Long -letters or high cases, are a long housing clock, which began to produce in England in the 16th century. While some were made in other countries such as the United States, most were made in the UK. Most of them were made between the 16th and 18th centuries. These types of clocks, which have lengthy cases in which chimes and mechanisms are to be accommodated, include grandfather's lessons. The long pendulum was invented in 1657 to fight the problem of clocks that did not hold reliable time. Long pendulums required long cases to be placed. This has led to long hours that have become widely popular. Over time, some of these wooden cases have become more nebonate and decorative, especially in expensive long hours. Frames for cheaper long hours remained quite clear and practical. The glass of the clock and her hands was visible with a glass. Some of these hours were programmed with gears to ring toAnd for an hour per hour.
various types of forests were used in long hours, including Ebona, Walnut, Cherry, Mahagon and Oak. In order to be suitable for long hours, the wood has been smoothed, ground and usually lacquered to provide a smooth surface. Wood of more expensive long hours was often carved with highly complex patterns.
These types of clocks used metal gears and pendulums to maintain accurate time. The pendulums were built and created to work with the toothed kollamybohyb. Despite this continuous movement, long hours had to be intermittently injured to show time on the face to be accurate. Some hours had to be wound every day, while others - especially those with higher quality - could in some cases require windings every week, month or year.
Longcase clock is highly collectible and often sellfor a large amount of money. The collectibility and price of long songs depend on factors such as its condition, quality, decorative properties and manufacturers. We know the record of watches such as Thomas Mudge, Thomas Tompion, John Knabb and William Dutton, created sophisticated long hours of high quality long -quality hours looking for collectors.