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The Alarm Clock (Le Réveil-matin or Le Revéille-matin) is an oil-on-canvas painting [1] by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, completed in 1957. It is held at a private collection. It depicts a painting inside the painting, depicting a bowl with several apples, upside down, on a table. A landscape appears as a background.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Type of clock A traditional wind-up (key-wound), mechanical spring-powered alarm clock An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or ...
The lever escapement, invented by the English clockmaker Thomas Mudge in 1754 (albeit first used in 1769), is a type of escapement that is used in almost all mechanical watches, as well as small mechanical non-pendulum clocks, alarm clocks, and kitchen timers.
The World in a Sea Shell is the third album by the American psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock, released in November 1968 on Uni Records.The album was not a chart success, and was the final LP to include the classic Strawberry Alarm Clock lineup.
Clocks may also have the facility to make a loud alert signal at a specified time, typically to waken a sleeper at a preset time; they are referred to as alarm clocks. The alarm may start at a low volume and become louder, or have the facility to be switched off for a few minutes then resume. Alarm clocks with visible indicators are sometimes ...
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In 1787 Hutchins created the first American alarm clock. It was housed in a 29-by-14-inch (74 cm × 36 cm) wooden cabinet with mirrored doors, and had an extra gear that rang an attached bell at 4 a.m. [3] On February 23, 1789, Levi married Phoebe Hanaford, with whom he had ten children.