| 单词 | nuremberg egg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNuremberg egg 2. attributive. Designating a type of watch made in Nuremberg in the 16th cent. Frequently as Nuremberg egg. historical. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [adjective] > of types of watch jewelled1786 Nuremberg1847 open-faced1855 stem-winding1867 pendant winding1868 key-winding1870 split-second1884 stem-wind1900 1847 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) 5 448 Puritanism was in England before the ‘Nuremberg eggs’, (as they called pocket watches). 1860 J. A. Eames Budget Closed 239 The first watches were made here in 1500, and from their oval shape, they received the name of ‘Nuremberg eggs’. 1895 H. L. Nelthropp Catal. Collection Clocks 2 Nuremberg egg-shaped watch, metal and silver case. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 201/1 Nuremberg egg, a misnomer applied to early South German watches. Arose from the misreading and mistranslation of ‘Uhrlein’ into ‘Eierlein’ (little clocks into little eggs). These early watches were usually drum shaped. 1999 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 31 Jan. m12 Peter Henlin of Nuremberg builds the first watch, called the Nuremberg Egg. < as lemmas |
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