Home / News. First astronomical clock tower in United States dedicated in Cedar Rapids by Czech, Slovak presidents. Prague-style orloj symbolizes enduring ties as only one in North America ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Some clocks just go “tick tock.” A few do astronomical things. By fall, the Clock Tower standing silently in Czech Village will sing and dance, and show the phases of the sun ...

The tower underwent a renovation with a big reveal in September - complete with the presidents of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. That renovation included adding the first astronomical clock in ...

Auctions A Towering 18th-Century Astronomical Clock, Made by a Clockmaker to King Louis XV, Could Fetch $850,000 at Auction. The clock still works, even after two and a half centuries.

PRAGUE (AP) -- Major repairs of Prague's Old City Hall have started, in a process that will see one of the Czech capital's major tourist attractions - the famous medieval astronomical clock ...

Historic Biddeford clock tower moves closer to long-awaited restoration. The structure was moved gently Friday to a parking lot where it can be restored. Posted January 3, 2020.

The International Astronomical Union voted Thursday encouraging space organizations across the globe to collaborate on a timekeeping standard for the moon, where one day lasts 29.5 Earth days.

The designers of Olomouc's astronomical clock had their sights set on the long term. They were "optimists," wrote the professional traveler Rick Steves. "The mechanism displaying the year is ...

Nestled in a nearly 160 foot tower, the clock is the second largest model to be made by E. Howard & Co., and its pendulum descends 14 feet beneath the mechanism itself.

This is an astronomical clock made by Song I-yeong, who was an astronomy professor in 1669 during the reign of King Hyeonjong of Joseon. The diameter of the clock is 40 centimeters (15.74 inches ...