The Origin Of Grandfather Clocks

Remember those big, wooden clocks with long pendulums and which gives out eerie sounds? Antique clocks can evoke feelings of nostalgia for times gone by. Hearing the clock going ding-dong could either bring a person back to the past or to a time in the future.
Clocks, no matter what kind they are, have always been an important aspect of man?s life. The invention of the clock has made life easier for humans, who used to tell time by the way the sun?s rays were positioned in the sky. Our ancestors could tell it is noon when the sun is set at a certain height or level in the sky. While this system worked, it made the telling of time impossible during night time or at times when it is raining.
Mechanical clocks which sounded a bell at every hour were invented in View the rest of this article