John Harrison's wooden clocks - part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 14

  • @kifliter1
    @kifliter1 14 лет назад +5

    I saw an original Harrison longcase two weeks ogo, at Nostell Priory, near Wakefiekd, Yorkshire, UK. When the guide pointed this out I was elated, but the clock had stopped ! - "I dont recall it stopping before, she said, but the lady that winds the clocks comes every Wednesday at 3pm to wind it" ! - It WAS Wednesday !! and it was 2.40pm " She came, wound it, , set it to the right time, and set it going.
    This clock was made in 1717 and still performs like new !

  • @pepelimabarr
    @pepelimabarr 13 лет назад +2

    Great man John Harrison. Greetings from Perú.

  • @Spraycando
    @Spraycando 14 лет назад +1

    It seems as though I'm the only one listening to you mate. But there you go. Harrison is the reason we had an empire.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the video! Well done!

  • @fosteragnes
    @fosteragnes  14 лет назад

    While it is true that the Nostell Priory clock has a Harrison movement, it is not of the 'regulator' type but has a conventional pendulum and 'anchor' escapement, and is akin to the 1713 movement illustrated in the video. I also understand that the case of the Nostell Priory clock may also not be original.
    The only genuine Harrison wooden movement 'regulator' on public display is in the Clockmakers Company Museum in London where it is displayed along with a restored 'regulator' movement.

  • @pluxplox
    @pluxplox 12 лет назад +3

    This guy is my great great gandfather :)

    • @futurefatum
      @futurefatum 6 лет назад

      Are you being serious? As I'm investigating genealogy of John Harrison.

    • @Gearz-365
      @Gearz-365 5 лет назад +1

      Grandson to a famous clockmaker? I would love for that to be me, since I love clocks

  • @CreativeDudette
    @CreativeDudette 13 лет назад +1

    :o John Harrison is my great great something grandad (:

  • @darkstatehk
    @darkstatehk 11 лет назад

    Thank you BBC News.

  • @chickurken
    @chickurken 13 лет назад

    @CreativeDudette Me too!! I came searching for this video specifically for that reason :)

  • @phmwu7368
    @phmwu7368 Год назад

    2023 and I celebrate the 250th anniversary... Longitude Prize money
    In 1773, 80 years old English clock maker John Harrison was awarded the final amount of Prize money for his " seawatch n° 1 " H4 clock which solved the Longitude problem. Harrison had been working half a century to perfect his watches .
    A time of sextants and clocks, while today's rise of technology has isolated us from the natural World, unfortunately much to our detriment.
    #Longitude #MoonwatchUniverse

  • @Funny_video_276
    @Funny_video_276 5 лет назад +1

    Omg

  • @starrmyres7841
    @starrmyres7841 4 года назад

    I did it myself. I used Woodglut woodworking plans for this.