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Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1997-1-0859d
ClassificationClock
Subject
    Maker Tufts Brothers founded 1887
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionslargest: 0.8 × 25.4 × 2.5 cm (5/16 × 10 × 1 in.)
        blue board box: 10.6 × 33.2 × 28.3 cm (4 3/16 × 13 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
        Material
          Accessoriesminute clock; pendulum bob; weights; pendulum (see 1997-1-0859a, b, and c).
          DescriptionBrass pulley, brass bar, four loose clock hands, several cranks, many keys, etc.
          Signedunsigned
          Curatorial RemarksFound in cardboard box alongside 1997-1-0859 during photo inventory (1/2009). Had been packed in newspaper scraps dated April 25, 1979, January 24, 1980, and May 2, 1980.
          FunctionFound with the Tufts Brothers minute clock, but probably belonging to one or more different clocks.
          nickel pendulum from minute clock
          nickel pendulum from minute clock
          Tufts Brothers
          Date: circa 1900
          Accessories: minute clock; pendulum bob; weights; various parts (see 1997-1-0859a, b, and d)
          Object number: 1997-1-0859c
          pendulum bob and weights for minute clock
          pendulum bob and weights for minute clock
          Tufts Brothers
          Date: circa 1900
          Accessories: minute clock; pendulum; and various clock parts (see 1997-1-0859a, c, and d).
          Object number: 1997-1-0859b
          minute clock (journeyman clock)
          minute clock (journeyman clock)
          Tufts Brothers
          Date: circa 1900
          Accessories: pendulum bob; weights; pendulum; various parts (see 1997-1-0859b, c, and d).
          Object number: 1997-1-0859a
          "electric eye" slave clock
          "electric eye" slave clock
          George Washington Pierce
          Date: 1920-1928
          Accessories: Inside the clock: long pendulum staff; cylindrical brass weight; knob; an installation plan. in accessories box of master clock RS0116a: some of the suspension and electrical contacts are for the slave clock.
          Object number: RS0116b
          Tisley's harmonograph
          Tisley's harmonograph
          S. C. Tisley & Company
          Date: circa 1880
          Accessories: three weights for pendulum
          Object number: 1997-1-0451
          heliostat
          heliostat
          Edward Kübel
          Date: 1880-1895
          Accessories: rods (3); pendulum bob; quadrant; wooden box
          Object number: 1996-1-0536
          dial recorder clock
          dial recorder clock
          International Time Recording Company
          Date: circa 1914
          Accessories: clock key and key ring with three door keys, two L and one R
          Object number: 2016-1-0046
          regulator clock
          regulator clock
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Accessories: winding key, timing weights, signaling sensor
          Object number: 2016-1-0053a
          Wundt-type complication apparatus
          Wundt-type complication apparatus
          Carl Krille
          Date: circa 1893
          Accessories: brass pendulum weight
          Object number: WJ0051a,b,c
          regulator clock
          regulator clock
          Seth Thomas Clock Company
          Date: circa 1905
          Accessories: winding key, timing weights, signaling sensor
          Object number: 2016-1-0053
          clock kit
          clock kit
          Thwaites & Reed
          Date: circa 1970
          Accessories: box; screws; gears
          Object number: RS0382
          Shortt free-pendulum clock regulator parts
          Shortt free-pendulum clock regulator parts
          Synchronome Company, Ltd
          Date: circa 1929
          Object number: 1998-1-0187d