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Grandfather clocks, wall and cuckoo clocks found here at Mike's Things
light up a room as well as any piece of furniture you own. These clocks
are made of real wood, not pattical board, which makes them a real value.
Some of our grandfather clocks have Westminster chimes and Ava Maria Chimes.
A night shut off is great for those light sleepers.
We have grandfather clocks starting at only $125.99.
You just can't beat that for a deal on a grandfather clock .
Some of our clocks even have leg levelers.We also have the Dearwood and Featherwood cuckoo clocks.
We have the Brookwood by Kassel wall clocks,
and the School House Regulator clock,a great lookong clock. Grandfather clocks shipping is only $49.99.
Wall and cuckoo clock shipping is only $15.00
We ship everything by UPS ground.
Leather luggage, tote,waist, and gym bags here at Mike's Things make really great gifts.
They are very reasonably priced and very durable. We also have a great deal on purses .
 We have solid leather jackets and also the patched leather jackets. We also have leather jackets for the kids.
Motorcycle jackets for men, women, and the kids.
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History of the Grandfather Clock
The grandfather clock gets a boost from astronomers
In 1582 Galileo Galilei discovered that you could use a pendulum to
keep time. He studied pendulum clocks, and drew the first
designs for a grandfather clock. In 1656 Christiaan Huygens applied
what Galileo had discovered and built the first working one.
The first grandfather clocks did not keep time well. An early one
could lose as much as ten minutes a day. In 1670 William Clement
noticed that by making the pendulum in a clock longer he
could make the clock keep better time. His longer pendulums
required longer cases. The new clocks were called long case clocks, later renamed .
In 1721 George Graham noticed that temperature changes in the
pendulum of a grandfather clock would made it run slow or fast.
Graham improved the grandfather clock by compensating for the
temperature changes in the pendulums. His changes lead to
grandfather clocks that were accurate to 1 second a day.
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