It’s a large wooden disk with a single floating metal ball that makes its way around the circumference of the clock as fast or as slowly as you want.

Lumens has modern clocks, including an authentic re-edition of the midcentury modern Ball Clock designed with 12 metal spokes capped by a wooden ball (and no numbers) by George Nelson ($435 ...

If you are anything like us, last time you went bowling, you thought more about how the ball came back to you than actually ...

Readers search for answers on two figural swinging ball clocks, and a vase made of cobalt blue glass.

It’s a clock that using Flyte’s signature mag-lev technology to hover a small metal ball over the wooden surface of the clock.

A large wood and metal ball used by ships' crews as a visual aid to set their clocks by has been reinstalled at the top of Edinburgh's Nelson Monument following restoration work. The device, which ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson says he has "no idea" what the mysterious metal ball in Japan is but jokes that it may be "Godzilla's egg" ...

It's actually barely audible, because the charge is so low—the metal ball responsible for the ringing only delicately vibrates between the two bells.

SCIENTISTS have found a humongous planet-sized solid metal ball at the Earth’s centre that could be the key to life. The distinct fifth layer of our planet could help experts understand how l… ...

Scientists have long thought Earth's inner core is like a huge solid metal ball. But an experiment revealed it may be a lot softer — more like butter, a lead scientist said. It could help ...

Scrap metal keeps moving community closer to funding Rochester clock tower project A local business' fundraiser has contributed to efforts to fund a new tower for the refurbished fire station ...

The time ball has been fitted back into place on Edinburgh's Nelson Monument A large wood and metal ball used by ships' crews as a visual aid to set their clocks by has been reinstalled at the top ...