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On the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries mantelpiece and room clocks began often to be found. Clocks were created of iron and were wound with the help of load. The very first mantel clocks were similar to tower clocks. They had the same scheme and components.

In the XV century period clocks were inserted walls' consoles. Years later wooden corbel became the element of the clocks' body. The style of it conformed to the entire design of the clock. Room clocks played a significant role in the decoration of a room. Every house stuck to the trend that was fashionable during the age and a clock was a part of the whole design composition of the house. Several centuries later appeared clock masters. They sought to give face to each clock they made. We may mark out such remarkable people as Roentgen, Goutier and Benemann. They made real works of art and at that time they were unequalled exemplars that had no analogs on Earth. Only at the end of the XVIII century the remakes of the most remarkable models were found.

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