Electric clocks keep time based on the usually stable and precise pulses of the electric current that powers them. In the U.S., that’s 60 hertz (cycles per second).

“Its hugeness made necessary innovations, such as a chicken-size cuckoo and a hand-carved gnome with an electric lantern,” wrote Leggett. “Seven electric motors power it. The gnome hammers a ...

In 1995, teacher George Thomson took his P7 class more than 100 miles from their school in Aberdeen to see the wooden cuckoo ...

Now the Cuckoo Clock Experience, as the new attraction has been named, is scheduled to open in September in an annex to the Waterford museum. As Mr. Curran, 69, ...

HOLLAND — If you think there’s something cuckoo in Holland these days, there is. Former electrical engineer Dan Winebrenner is opening Holland Clock Co., a store specializing in new and ...

Because of a change in federal energy regulations, some scientists say your trusty, older plug-in clock may be losing or gaining a few ticks over time. News Today's news ...