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Clock Research
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• There was a clock used in banquets that was designed to look like a ship in 1585. The clock/ship
would travel across the table at court banquets, firing a mini canon as a grand finale for the
entertainment. This clock was my favourite design because the model itself was so large, yet the
actual clock face was tiny and hidden in the ship. It was positioned at the base of the main mast
but blended in with the model that you could barely see it. The clock face itself had lots of tiny
details such as flowers and birds engraved into it however, the time aspect of it was simple as it
was just roman numerals around the outside of the face. The colours on the clock were a a dark
blue/purple which symbolized wealth or royalty as it was an expensive colour to make in clothes.
• Whilst at the museums, I found clocks that measured the stars, time, time based on location and
clocks that measured zodiacs e.g when the star signs changed during the year. The older clocks
tend to tell more types of time compared to the more modern clocks that only showed one type of
time.
• Some of the clocks that measured several types of time looked very complicated as they’d have
multiple sets of hands on them, or they had extra components that made the clock difficult to
read.
• I think coding a clock to the same level of detail as what I have seen is going to be difficult. If I
want to make a clock that has lots of intricate patterns on the clock face or tells more than one
time, I will end up with lots of layers of code as each component will need its own piece of code.
