Peacock Clock 16x35.5cm Veronese Bronze Electrolysis, Modern Decorative

Table clock with a peacock on it.

On the side of the watch falls the impressive tail with the long wings from the imposing peacock and they reach almost to its base, also on the front has patterns of blooming flowers. A clock or a timepiece is a device used to measure and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units: the day, the lunar month, year and galactic year. The first known serrated clock was invented by the great mathematician, physicist and engineer Archimedes in the 3rd century BC. Archimedes created his astronomical clock which was also a cuckoo clock with birds singing and moving every hour. Another Greek clock that was probably made during the reign of Alexander the Great was in Gaza, founded by Alexander the Great, which is described by Procopius. The Gaza Clock was probably a Meteorological Observatory, a building that shows the celestial phenomena and the time

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