"The Lexington Public Library opened in 1905 in Lexington, Kentucky. It incorporated the collection of the former Lexington Library Company (est.1801) and the former Transylvania Library (est.1795). Today the main location of the Lexington Public Library system is Central Library along East Main Street connected to Park Plaza Apartments.

"The Library's facade includes rose-colored granite, with large windows facing the street and Phoenix Park. A rotunda in the lobby, the focal point of the building, spans all five floors and houses the world's largest ceiling clock and Foucault pendulum, designed by Lexington sculptor Adalin Wichman. The rotunda also includes a frieze depicting the history of the horse in the Bluegrass. Included within the complex is the 138-seat Farish Theater, meeting rooms and an atrium reading lounge. An art gallery is located on the ground floor.

"The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. A long and heavy pendulum suspended from the high roof above a circular area was monitored over an extended time period, showing that its plane of oscillation rotated." (Wikipedia)

"The Lexington Public Library is home to the biggest ceiling clock in the world. Though it is armed with Roman numbers, the clock is entirely digital. It has all the features of the traditional clock; chiming on the hour, lights and so on. However, all of these operations are controlled digitally," the TripHobo.com says.

"The gaps between two successive numbers has been filled up by the artistic impressions of running horses, paying a tribute to the racing tradition of Lexington. The library is also home to one of the Foucault Pendulums of the world. This device is used to understand the rotation of the earth around the sun.

"The pendulum is one of the rare devices in the world that were devised way before the earth’s movement was established. It is one of the major attractions in the library."

"The world’s largest ceiling clock marks time in the rotunda of the Lexington Public Library," the American Profile says.

"The 40-foot-diameter clock features Roman numerals that light up to indicate the hour and is surrounded by 60 horses that light up in succession giving the illusion of movement."

"Built in 1989, the Lexington Public Library is a short walk from downtown hotels and adjacent to covered parking, banks and restaurants. The Library Gallery hosts rotating art exhibits. The central rotunda features the largest ceiling clock in the world," the VisitLex.com says.

"The library also has space for special events. Conference Room A has a capacity of 100 people, classroom, theater-style or standing. Conference Room B and C hold 25. The Board Room holds 50 people conference style. The Will Farrish Theatre has a capacity of 140."

"In 2001, construction began on the world's largest ceiling clock, which features a massive, five-story-tall Foucault pendulum. The history of the Foucault pendulum dates back to 1851, when it was used to demonstrate the earth's rotation without using astronomical observations," the US News Travel says.

"The ceiling clock at the Lexington Public Library uses a series of lit panels instead of hands to provide the current time. As you admire the clock (or simply check the time), you'll also want to study the frieze that surrounds the pendulum. It depicts the history of the horse in the Bluegrass region.

"The frieze, along with the clock, shows that the concept of time can be viewed in seconds, minutes and hours, or by the collection of historical events."

"The largest ceiling clock in the world can be found at the Lexington Public Library, in the Central Library’s rotunda. Finished in 2001, the clock sits high above the sprawling downtown library, where you can also find an impressive Foucault Pendulum," the Studios180.com says.

"The ceiling clock features 60 different light-up horses surrounding its display, which are designed to simulate movement.

"These horses are based on the photographs of Eadweard Muybridge, whose capturing of horses’ movements while galloping formed the basis of the motion picture concept."

"The rotunda of the Lexington Public Library boasts the world's largest ceiling clock and a five-story Foucault pendulum that is encircled with a frieze depicting the history of the horse in the Bluegrass," the Smithsonian Magazine says.

"The clock face, based on Eadweard Muybridge photographs taken in 1872, illuminates sequentially images of horses in motion, circling the atrium.

"The clock, pendulum and frieze were gifts from Lucille Caudill Little, a Lexington philanthropist who dreamed about them one night and woke up determined to make them a reality."

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