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  2. Movement (clockwork) - Wikipedia

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    A separate set of wheels, the motion work, divides the motion of the minute hand by 12 to move the hour hand and in watches another set, the keyless work, allows the hands to be set. Escapement An escapement is a mechanism that allows the wheel train to advance, or escape a fixed amount with each swing of the balance wheel or pendulum.

  3. Quartz clock - Wikipedia

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    The Lavet-type stepping motors used in analog quartz clock movements which themselves are driven by a magnetic field (generated by the coil) can be affected by external (nearby) magnetism sources, and this may impact the rotor sprocket output. As a result, the mechanical output of analog quartz clock movements may temporarily stop, advance or ...

  4. Chelsea Clock Company - Wikipedia

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    The Chelsea Clock Company is an American clock manufacturing company founded in 1897. Clocks produced by Chelsea Clock Company have been found in the White House, on US Naval Ships, and in homes and offices around the world. The company continues to build and repair clocks at their corporate headquarters in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

  5. Wheel train - Wikipedia

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    It is often located on the outside of the movement's front plate, just under the dial. It consists of: A cannon pinion with a hollow shaft that fits friction-tight over the center wheel shaft, projects through the face, and holds the minute hand. While the timepiece is not being set this is turned by the center wheel and drives the minute wheel.

  6. Discovery Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition ship RRS Discovery in the Antarctic alongside the Great Ice Barrier, now known as the Ross Ice Shelf. The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).

  7. List of Antarctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    They set off on 16 November from Hercules Inlet, arrived at the South Pole on Christmas Day, and completed a full traverse reaching Ross Ice Shelf on 20 January 2017. The aim of the expedition was to raise the profile of the army reservists, and to honour the memory of fellow explorer Henry Worsley. The team was led by Captain Louis Rudd, MBE ...

  8. List of ETA Movements - Wikipedia

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    ETA Mechanical movements Caliber Product Line Winding Diameter Height Jewels Frequency Running time VPH Hz; 2671 [1] Mecaline automatic 17.2 4.8 25 28800 4 38 2678 [2] Mecaline automatic 17.2 5.35 25 28800 4 38 2000-1 [3] Mecaline Specialities automatic 19.4 3.6 20 28800 4 40 2681 [4] Mecaline automatic 19.4 4.8 25 28800 4 38 2094 [5]

  9. Ernest Shackleton - Wikipedia

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    On 17 February 1901, his appointment as third officer to the expedition's ship Discovery was confirmed; on 4 June he was commissioned into the Royal Navy, with the rank of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. [24] [25] Although officially on leave from Union-Castle, this was in fact the end of Shackleton's Merchant Navy service. [23]

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