the stepper motor moves a lever and slowly stops the pendulum over the course of a dozen or so seconds, silencing the clock movement. Twelve hours later, the motor turns again setting the pendulum ...

Samuel P. Avery, engraver, “Universal Dial Plate or Times of All Nations,” in Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion ...

That big grandfather clock in the library might be an impressive piece of mechanical ingenuity, and an even better example of fine cabinetry, but we’d expect that the accuracy of a pendulum ...

clocks were set to noon by where the sun appeared highest. If it were noon in Washington, D.C., the time in New York would have been 12:12 pm, because the sun had been highest in New York 12 ...

How does this happen? Imagine you are in a museum located at the north pole and that the museum has a Foucault Pendulum suspended from the ceiling at a point exactly over the pole. When you set the ...

How have clocks and watches intertwined with our sense of time? When did they come to play central roles in our lives? To answer these questions, On Time from the National Museum of American History ...

As leaves continue to fall and the air grows crisper, Northern Ireland is set to transition into the heart of autumn as the clocks change this weekend. At 02:00 BST on 27 October clocks will go ...

Paid and presented by the International Science Council. As the world continues to race against the coronavirus pandemic, scientists are racing to predict what might happen next. From South Africa ...

As leaves continue to fall and the air grows crisper, Northern Ireland is set to transition into the heart of autumn as the clocks change this weekend. At 02:00 BST on 27 October clocks will go back ...

The end of this year's daylight saving time is coming up. In November, millions of Americans turn back their clocks, marking the end of daylight saving time in 2024. The controversial practice of ...