File:Midsummer Chronophage (Detail) (7401128938).jpg

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English: Exhibited at the National Museum of Scotland.

This is a clock designed by the inventor Dr John C Taylor - the man who invented the switch that turns off kettles when they are boiling.
It features a mythical creature which eats time (the Chronophage). There are several versions of this clock, each one having a different creature.
The large, toothed wheel is a giant example of a "grasshopper escapement", usually out of sight within the clock. It was invented by John Harrison, the man who in the 18th Century, invented the marine chronometer which allowed ships to calculate their longitude.

The clock displays a light show every minute, and shows the time on digital displays every five minutes. The creature opens its mouth over the course of 59 seconds and bites down on the sixtieth, (so "eating" time) and the disc advances by one notch.
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Camera location55° 56′ 48.68″ N, 3° 11′ 24.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by dun_deagh at https://flickr.com/photos/60006733@N05/7401128938. It was reviewed on 7 March 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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