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  2. Pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    Pendulum clock conceived by Galileo Galilei around 1637. The earliest known pendulum clock design, it was never completed. Vienna regulator style pendulum wall clock. A pendulum clock is a clock that uses a pendulum, a swinging weight, as its timekeeping element. The advantage of a pendulum for timekeeping is that it is an approximate harmonic ...

  3. Cuckoo clock - Wikipedia

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    Cuckoo clock, a so-called Jagdstück ("hunt piece"), Black Forest, c. 1900, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2006-013. A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their ...

  4. Kit-Cat Klock - Wikipedia

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    A newer black model clock displays four paws. The Kit-Cat Klock is an art deco novelty wall clock shaped like a grinning cat with cartoon eyes that swivel in time with its pendulum tail. It is traditionally black, but models in other colors and styles are also available. It is a common symbol of kitchens in North American popular culture.

  5. Grandfather clock - Wikipedia

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    A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock, with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet) tall with an enclosed pendulum and weights, suspended by ...

  6. Bracket clock - Wikipedia

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    A bracket clock is a style of antique portable table clock made in the 17th and 18th centuries. [1] The term originated with small weight-driven pendulum clocks (sometimes called 'true bracket clocks') that had to be mounted on a bracket on the wall to allow room for their hanging weights. [2] When spring-driven clocks were developed, which ...

  7. Torsion pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    For other use, see Kundo (disambiguation) A torsion pendulum clock, more commonly known as an anniversary clock or 400-day clock, is a mechanical clock which keeps time with a mechanism called a torsion pendulum. This is a weighted disk or wheel, often a decorative wheel with three or four chrome balls on ornate spokes, suspended by a thin wire ...

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