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Clock that uses a rolling ball to measure time
A Congreve clock (also known as Congreve's Rolling Ball Clock or Oscillating Path Rolling Ball Clock) is a type of clock that uses a ball rolling along
Congreve_clock
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals
Clock
Type of clock
used pennies instead of balls. Congreve clock US 4077198 "Clock apparatus" Weingarten, Gene (25 February 2007). "A Clock and Ball Story". The Washington
Rolling_ball_clock
British politician (1772–1828)
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
Sir_William_Congreve,_2nd_Baronet
Novel by Nevil Shute
answered. Hirzhorn is currently building one of Keith's designs, a Congreve clock, and jumps at the chance to help him in return. Hirzhorn arranges for
Trustee_from_the_Toolroom
Industrial Revolution in the United States. August 24 – William Congreve patents the Congreve clock with a rolling ball regulator. Bryan Donkin patents a steel
1808_in_science
Scottish chronometer and clock maker (1778–1852)
was patented by William Congreve. It is on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. He made a sidereal clock for the City Observatory
Robert_Bryson
British-Canadian electrical engineer (1915–2004)
took up horology and constructed several complex clocks, including an improved model of the Congreve clock. Norman Moody was made a Fellow of the Institution
Norman_Moody
Austrian clock producer. Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849), Swiss chronometer maker, Le Locle, marine chronometer, tourbillon. Willam Congreve (1772–1828)
List_of_watchmakers
Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd – William Congreve, The Mourning Bride, Act III scene viii Hindsight is always twenty-twenty[a]
List_of_proverbial_phrases
firearm configuration – Thorneycroft carbine Chobham armour Congreve rocket – William Congreve Depth charge Dreadnought battleship – HMS Dreadnought The
List of British innovations and discoveries
List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries
developed by Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842). 1804: The Congreve rocket, a weapon, invented by Sir William Congreve (1772–1828). 1830s: The safety fuse invented
List of English inventions and discoveries
List_of_English_inventions_and_discoveries
Ignition system for early firearms
fougasses, were detonated by flintlocks. Flintlocks were also used to launch Congreve rockets. A flintlock tinder lighter, or tinder pistol, was a device that
Flintlock_mechanism
Colt (1814–1862), U.S. – Revolver development Sir William Congreve (1772–1828), UK – Congreve rocket George Constantinescu (1881–1965), Romania – creator
List_of_inventors
Oldest clockmakers in the world
replica clocks (over 10,000 built in limited editions): from 1972 to 1980 ten types of replica clocks (including the Benjamin Franklin Clock, Congreve Rolling
Thwaites_&_Reed
Vehicle propelled by ejection of gases
under the rule of Hyder Ali. The Congreve rocket was a British weapon designed and developed by Sir William Congreve in 1804. This rocket was based directly
Rocket
Sole college of the University of Dublin
Sheridan Le Fanu, J. M. Synge, Thomas Moore, Oliver Goldsmith, William Congreve, and three of the best-selling novelists of all time; statesman Éamon de
Trinity_College_Dublin
Public community common, and housing, formerly a Military owned site
manufacture. One example was the innovative Congreve Rocket, designed and (from 1805) manufactured on site by William Congreve (son of the Comptroller of the Royal
Royal_Arsenal
the drama The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), the noir-thriller The Big Clock (1948), the historical drama Young Bess (1953), the romance Hobson's Choice
Charles Laughton on stage and screen
Charles_Laughton_on_stage_and_screen
1839–1842 war between the United Kingdom and China
winds and tides in Chinese rivers, and were armed with heavy guns and Congreve rockets. Several of the larger British warships in China (notably the third-rates
First_Opium_War
French actor
Hampstead – REVIEWS. Paul Taylor on a stylistically challenged revival of Congreve". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via NewsBank. "The first thriller
JB_Blanc
Village in Berkshire, England
Forster lordships and The Congreve Arms throughout the Congreves' ownership. The building has a large black and gold clock set into the gable, and a small
Aldermaston
Tower-based signaling network
provide warning of British incursions. English military engineer William Congreve observed that at the Battle of Vervik of 1793 French commanders directed
Optical_telegraph
Aspect of musical history
same year, the opera Semele by John Eccles —with a libretto by William Congreve— was not even premiered. Just as in Germany works with recitative in German
History_of_opera
Banmin chohoki 1693 in literature – The Old Bachelor and The Double Dealer (Congreve), The Carnal Prayer Mat (Li Yu), Some Thoughts Concerning Education (Locke)
List_of_years_in_literature
Garrison in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England
for field gun drill exercises. In the 1770s, Captain (later Sir) William Congreve created a 'Repository of Military Machines' in the Warren: a collection
Woolwich_Garrison
Flesh by Samuel Butler The Way of the World and Other Plays by William Congreve The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
List_of_Penguin_Classics
Theatre, London Sung by Mrs. Kitty Clive at her benefit performance of William Congreve's The Way of the World (Act III). Music composed in London, 1740
List of compositions by George Frideric Handel
List_of_compositions_by_George_Frideric_Handel
County town of Shropshire, England
Traditionally they have a distinct hint of lemon. The playwright William Congreve mentioned Shrewsbury cakes in his play The Way of the World in 1700 as
Shrewsbury
English civil and locomotive engineer (1803–1859)
September 1825. On 18 June 1824, Stephenson sailed on the Sir William Congreve from Liverpool for South America with a contract for three years. At that
Robert_Stephenson
River in the south east of England
is now a housing development known as Enfield Island Village) and the Congreve Rocket Factory on the site of Stratford Langthorne Abbey. The river Lea
River_Lea
Country house in County Wicklow, Ireland
Popje and a drawing room ceiling by Simon Gilligan. A clock tower in the forecourt houses a water clock designed and constructed by Reginald Brabazon, 13th
Killruddery_House
City in Munster, Ireland
Greenway is Ireland's longest greenway, and connects the city with Mount Congreve, Kilmeaden, Kilmacthomas, and Dungarvan. Waterford Airport is located 9 km
Waterford
Town in Surrey, England
The first iteration of British Island Airways had its head office at Congreve House in Redhill. Population, type of home ownership and population density
Redhill,_Surrey
County town of Staffordshire, England
officer during the American Revolutionary War Lieutenant General Sir William Congreve, 1st Baronet (1742 in Stafford – 1814), a British military officer who
Stafford
Church in Cheshire, England
hatchment bearing the arms of the Congreve family and other memorials to this family. The memorial to Richard Congreve who died in 1820 is by S. Gibson
St_Nicholas_Church,_Burton
attic, a man was turning a crank to power the device. In 1827, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet devised a machine running on capillary action that would disobey
History of perpetual motion machines
History_of_perpetual_motion_machines
wave of Restoration comedy in the 1690s, the "softer" comedies of William Congreve and John Vanbrugh set out to appeal to more socially diverse audience with
Culture_of_England
Rural settlement in Wales
who lived nearby, and a memorial dated 1782 to local landowner Richard Congreve, who was the first burial in the church grounds. The rector between 1885
Whitewell,_Wrexham
Church in Brighton and Hove , England
and services were held at a gymnasium on Western Road. In 1881, George Congreve moved to Hove. He was trained in medicine and became wealthy by selling
Holland_Road_Baptist_Church
List of plays and performances
Richard III – by William Shakespeare The Way of the World – by William Congreve The Cherry Orchard – by Anton Chekhov The Caucasian Chalk Circle – by Bertolt
Guthrie Theater production history
Guthrie_Theater_production_history
Grade II listed lock in London Borough of Camden, UK
as they knew that water supply would be problematic. Colonel William Congreve, a military engineer who was later knighted, proposed the use of hydropneumatic
Camden_Lock
Protein molecule receiving signals for a cell
Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2020. Congreve M, Marshall F (March 2010). "The impact of GPCR structures on pharmacology
Receptor_(biochemistry)
The Pilgrim's Progress Egon Wellesz – Incognita, from a novel by William Congreve (December, Oxford). Robert Farnon - Captain Horatio Hornblower Bernard
1951_in_music
(1891–1971), First World War soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross William Congreve (1891–1916), First World War soldier, Victoria Cross Walter D'Arcy Hall
List of Old Etonians born in the 19th century
List_of_Old_Etonians_born_in_the_19th_century
Horse race
Rico 1923: Ordenaza 1924: Capablancea 1925: Macón 1926: Gold Seeker 1927: Congreve 1928: Hechicero 1929: Tresiete 1930: Schopenhauer 1931: Mineral 1932: Correlo
Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos (Argentina)
Gran_Premio_Polla_de_Potrillos_(Argentina)
English actor (1932–2019)
1965 with Knapp's takeover of Olivier's star role as Tattle in William Congreve's Love For Love at the Scala Theatre prior to the now legendary visit to
Terence_Knapp
Country house in Buckinghamshire, England
writer and friend to Lord Cobham who visited in the 1720s was William Congreve; in 1730 James Thomson wrote the poem The Seasons after visiting the gardens;
Stowe_House
Building used to store gunpowder
magazines were built in 1814–16 to an innovative design by Sir William Congreve. Movement of gunpowder barrels within the complex was by canal. Four more
Gunpowder_magazine
Area in the city centre of Birmingham, England
Hanson's map of 1778, the site is now bounded by Great Charles Street, Congreve Street, Paradise Street and Easy Row with Edmund Street running through
Paradise,_Birmingham
Briggate and Vicar Lane, LS1 6BE (Millennium plaque: 20 inches) 61 William Congreve Bardsey Grange, Cornmill Lane, LS17 9EQ 62 no image yet Leeds Town Hall
List of Leeds Civic Trust plaques
List_of_Leeds_Civic_Trust_plaques
Decade
Riquet (169 metres (554 ft), concrete lined). 1670 January 24 – William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729) February 25 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German
1670s
Conant of Lyndon 1954 Conant extant Congreve of Congreve 1927 Congreve extinct 1941 Congreve of Walton 1812 Congreve extinct 1881 Conroy of Llanbrynmair
List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
List_of_baronetcies_in_the_Baronetage_of_the_United_Kingdom
historian Lionel Lukin (1742–1834) – possible inventor of the lifeboat William Congreve (1772–1828) – inventor and rocket pioneer Thomas Frederick Colby (1784–1852)
List_of_people_from_Kent
– Das Lied der Nacht (first recording) Thomas Arne (music) and William Congreve (text) – The Judgment of Paris (first recording of reconstructed work)
2019_in_classical_music
Part of the Battle of the Somme during World War I
Maurice Balfourier) and the British XIII Corps (Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve), XV Corps (Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Horne) and III Corps (Lieutenant-General
Battle_of_Bazentin_Ridge
Ruined house in County Galway, Ireland
Daily Express stated that the mantelpiece, flooring, carpet and a valuable clock were considerably damaged. In the early 1920s, Mary Ethel Palliser, the
Ardfry_House
Medieval tower house, County Clare, Ireland
Scotts, adding a drawing-room, the long room and a west wing, including the clock tower and the gateway. The remodelling was done by architects James Pain
Knappogue_Castle
January 1921), extinct with the grantee's death on 29 February 1940. Congreve of Congreve (cr. 30 June 1927), extinct with the grantee's death. Cooper of Singleton
List_of_extinct_baronetcies
Period in London from 1603 to 1714
William Wycherley, Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Otway, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, and Aphra Behn (often called the first British woman to make a living
Stuart_London
1766 travel book by Tobias Smollett
and the ancient world, editions of Voltaire, his own works, Shakespeare, Congreve, Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Horace, Juvenal, Tibullus, Don Quixote in Spanish
Travels Through France and Italy
Travels_Through_France_and_Italy
Municipal building in Bangor, Northern Ireland
bay on the left featured a three-stage castellated tower with a corner clock turret, which was surmounted by a pyramid-shaped roof and a weather vane
Bangor_Castle
Church in Birmingham, England
resulted in plans being redrawn. Construction was finished in 1816, and the clock installed a year later. At some point early in its history, an organ was
Christ_Church,_Birmingham
Events in the History of Birmingham, England
trams. King Edward VI High School for Girls moves to the Liberal Club on Congreve Street. 1889 January: Birmingham Infirmary, predecessor of the City Hospital
Timeline of Birmingham history
Timeline_of_Birmingham_history
England, retrieved 28 March 2021 Historic England, "Bardsey Grange and Congreve Cottage including wall attached to rear, Bardsey cum Rigton (1135656)"
Listed buildings in Bardsey cum Rigton
Listed_buildings_in_Bardsey_cum_Rigton
doi:10.1111/pala.12333. S2CID 3199997. Judith A. Sclafani; Curtis R. Congreve; Andrew Z. Krug; Mark E. Patzkowsky (2018). "Effects of mass extinction
2018_in_paleontology
The Congreve Monument
Grade I listed buildings in Buckinghamshire
Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Buckinghamshire
racehorse 20 December – Cullen Grace, rugby union player 30 December George Congreve, speedway rider Hazel Ouwehand, swimmer 31 December Ellesse Andrews, racing
1999_in_New_Zealand
Greenway is Ireland's longest greenway, and connects the city with Mount Congreve, Kilmeaden, Kilmacthomas, and Dungarvan. Port of Waterford which was located
Transport_in_Waterford
CONGREVE CLOCK
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Muslim
Clock
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Colgrave, which appears to be a topographic name from Middle English cole ‘coal’ + grave ‘pit’, ‘grave’ (Old English col + græf), or perhaps a habitational name from a lost place so named.Probably an Americanized form of German Kohlgrube (see Colegrove).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke).Dutch : from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
Boy/Male
Irish
Triumphant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.Dutch : variant spelling of Krane.English translation of German Krahn or Kranich.The American writer Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was named for a NJ ancestor who was a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was descended from a Stephen Crane who, coming probably from England or Wales, settled at Elizabethtown, NJ, as early as 1665.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Cosgrove in Northamptonshire, named with an Old English personal name CÅf + Old English grÄf ‘grove’, ‘thicket’.Irish : surname adopted from English by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Coscraigh ‘descendant of Coscrach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious’, ‘triumphant’ (from coscur ‘victory’, ‘triumph’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman).Americanized spelling of German Klee.The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be an occupational nickname for a miller, from the Middle English abstract noun grist ‘grinding’, Old English grist, a derivative of grindan (see Grinder). The word was not used in the concrete sense of grain to be ground until the 15th century.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine ‘ingenuity’, ‘trickery’ (Latin ingenium ‘native wit’). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.This surname has also assimilated reduced variants of Welsh Gurganus.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norman) and French
English (Norman) and French : nickname from Old French druerie ‘love’, ‘friendship’, a derivative of dru ‘lover’, ‘friend’ (see Drew 3). In Middle English the word also had the concrete meanings ‘love affair’, ‘love token’, ‘sweetheart’.English (Norman) and French : from a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German triuwa ‘truth’, ‘trust’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.Irish (County Roscommon) : English name adopted by bearers of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh ‘son of the druid’. Compare Drew 6.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Cosgrove.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fry.North German : variant of Frey.Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
Boy/Male
Irish
Triumphant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
Indian, Malayalam
Clock
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant spelling of Noone.English, Scottish, and Dutch : from Middle English none, Middle Dutch noene ‘noon’, the time of brightest sunshine, hence perhaps nickname for a bright and cheerful person or for someone born at that time of day. The word is derived from Latin nona (hora) ‘ninth (hour)’, i.e. about three o’clock. The change in meaning of the vocabulary word from mid-afternoon to midday, probably occurred as a result of monastic meal times being brought forward.
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CONGREVE CLOCK
Female
German
Feminine form of German Dietrich, DIETRICHA means "first of the people; king of nations."
Girl/Female
British, English, Finnish, French, Latin
Valley; Usually with a Stream; Strong
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Loving Devotion
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
The Sun
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Symbol of Love; Love; Affection
Boy/Male
Egyptian
God worshipped in Faiyum.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Father of Eklavya
Boy/Male
Hindu
Particular
Girl/Female
Indian
Name of Goddess who killed the demons Chanda and munda
Girl/Female
Assamese, Indian
Lovely; Beautiful
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imp. & p. p.
of Concrete
imp. & p. p.
of Conserve
v. t.
To contrive; to plan.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Conserve
imp. & p. p.
of Contrive
n.
The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.
a.
Tending to conserve; preservative.
v. i.
To agree.
p. pr & vb. n.
of Concrete
v. t. & i.
To invent; to contrive.
pl.
of Congress
v. t.
To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
v. t.
To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
a.
Not concrete.
adv.
In a concrete manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Contrive
v. t.
To contrive (something) beforehend.
adv.
In a concrete manner.
n.
A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
v. i.
To contrive beforehand.