Mora clock on two bells mounted above the clock mechanism or alternatively on a spiral wire gong. The weights were made of cast iron. Mora clock Gustavian Mora clocks are a type of longcase clock which were made in, and derived their name from, the town of Mora in Dalarna province, Sweden. Production began in the late 18th century and continued through most of the 19th finally succumbing to the increased competition from newer styles and cheaper mass production methods. Mora clock faces are often marked with the inscription "A A S Mora"—the initials of Krång Anders Andersson (1727-1799) of Östnor, traditionally
Mora (linguistics) Mora (linguistics) A mora (plural "morae" or "moras"; often symbolized μ) is a unit in phonology that determines syllable weight, which in some languages determines stress or timing. The definition of a mora varies. In 1968, American linguist James D. McCawley defined it as "something of which a long syllable consists of two and a short syllable consists of one". The term comes from the Latin word for "linger, delay", which was also used to translate the Greek word "chronos" (time) in its metrical sense. Monomoraic syllables have one mora, bimoraic syllables have two, and trimoraic syllables have three, although