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I’m thrilled and delighted that we have the official launch today of the new Midsummer Chronophage at Lion Yard in Cambridge.  Please see the information below that my team has produced.  If you are in the area at 2:30 PM today, do come in and say hello ! Summer Solstice News This summer season sees the City of Cambridge as the home for two magnificent Chronophage clocks.  Today, Friday June 21, the day of the summer solstice, sees the official launch of the new Midsummer Chronophage in the Lion Yard Shopping Centre, Tibbs Row, Cambridge.  The clock features an iridescent… read more

Posted by: Editor on June 21, 2019. Comments Off on Time Flies This Summer in Cambridge

Two private clock collectors have collaborated to stage an outstanding exhibition of early English clocks at the prestigious venue of Bonhams, New Bond Street, London in September. The exhibition will also feature third party loans, including contributions from the Science Museum, the Clockmakers’ Company and the Collection of the 5th Lord Harris from Belmont House, amongst others.    However, given that the majority of clocks are privately owned, the specimens on display are very rarely in the public eye.  Indeed, what makes the exhibition particularly exciting is that many of the clocks are being displayed together, almost certainly for the… read more

Posted by: Editor on August 15, 2018. Comments Off on Historic Clock Exhibition Hosted at Bonhams

One of the world’s greatest living inventors is to be celebrated with a set of six postage stamps issued by the Isle of Man Post Office (https://www.iompost.com/stamps-coins/collection/invention-and-innovation-dr-john-c-taylor-obe/), focusing on different areas of his life’s work. Dr John C Taylor OBE (https://www.johnctaylor.com/), 80, who was born in Buxton, Derbyshire and has lived in the Isle of Man for the greater part of his life, spent his career creating safety-critical electrical components and switches that are vital to many pieces of technology we use today, most notably the kettle controls that switch our kettles off when they have boiled, and the 360°… read more

Posted by: Editor on September 13, 2017. Comments Off on One of World’s Greatest Living Inventors Celebrated with Six Postage Stamps

The Royal Academy of Engineering has opened the new Taylor Centre, a space for the Academy’s Enterprise Hub, which supports entrepreneurs, and which is named after one of Britain’s most successful engineers, Dr John C Taylor OBE. Dr Taylor, who is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) made his name creating small electrical components that are vital to many pieces of technology we couldn’t live without. Early electric kettles would not turn off when the water was boiling, meaning that they needed constant supervision and were in danger of melting and starting fires if they were not… read more

Posted by: Editor on February 10, 2017. Comments Off on New Royal Academy of Engineering Centre Named after Dr John C Taylor OBE

Isle of Man-based inventor and engineer Dr John C Taylor OBE, whose name may not be familiar to all but whose inventions are used by tens of millions of people across the globe every day, has been recognised by the highly prestigious Durham University for his contributions to science and business. Dr Taylor made his name creating bi-metal components that are vital to many items in our cars and homes we couldn’t live without. Early electric kettles would not turn off when the water was boiling, meaning that they needed constant supervision and were in danger of melting and starting… read more

Posted by: Editor on January 12, 2017. Comments Off on Durham University Awards Honorary Doctorate to Dr John C Taylor OBE