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  2. Pendulum clock - Wikipedia

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    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 oscillator : It swings back and forth in a precise time interval dependent on its length, and resists swinging at other rates.

  3. List of clock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable companies that produced, or currently produce clocks. Where known, the location of the company and the dates of clock manufacture follow the name. In some instances the "company" consisted of a single person.

  4. Nannup, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    In January 2019, the world's largest wooden pendulum clock was installed in a purpose-built clocktower in the main street. Built by local, Kevin Bird, and featuring timbers from the region, the 6 m (20 ft) tall clock had taken 7 years to build. [19]

  5. E. Ingraham Company - Wikipedia

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    By this time, the company was engaged exclusively in the manufacture of eight-day wooden case pendulum clocks and nickel alarm clocks. [5] In 1913 the company began producing wrist watches, followed by eight day alarm clocks in 1915.

  6. 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 ...

  7. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The most accurate pendulum clocks were controlled electrically. [166] The Shortt–Synchronome clock, an electrical driven pendulum clock designed in 1921, was the first clock to be a more accurate timekeeper than the Earth itself. [167] A succession of innovations and discoveries led to the invention of the modern quartz timer.

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