English clockmaker John Harrison revolutionized long distance seafaring in the 18th century, solving the problem of calculating longitude at sea and devising tools that helped sailors navigate with ...

“Dead reckoning” is one of the most common terms uttered by swashbuckling captains in pirate movies. In the early 1700s, it meant using primitive tools like the astrolabe and compass to chart a course ...

The Clockmaker is running in the Firehall at the 1000 Islands Playhouse through September 8. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the... Aug 13, 2012 — The Clockmaker is running in the Firehall ...

A West Michigan clockmaker that was set to close after nearly 100 years will remain open.

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KTSM) — In an age where telling time is as easy as glancing at a phone screen, one young craftsman in Las Cruces is dedicating his life to preserving a centuries-old tradition ...

Step into the world of master clockmaker Paul Fournier. Step into the world of master clockmaker Paul Fournier, where he spends each day immersed in the steady ticking of his workshop. Maine Public ...

Stephen Massicotte's The Clockmaker is an ingenious puzzle of a play. By turns unsettling and sweet, this metaphysical mystery and romance has an original tone that sits halfway between Franz Kafka ...