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2. Maintaining power - Wikipedia

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   Huygens' maintaining power in use. The weight drive used by Christiaan Huygens in his early clocks acts as a maintaining power. In this layout, the weight which drives the clock is carried on a pulley and the cord (or chain) supporting the weight is wrapped around the main driving wheel on one side and the rewinding wheel on the other.

3. List of United States clock companies - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of American companies that produced, or currently produce clocks. Where known, the location of the company and the dates of clock manufacture follow the name. Samuel Abbott; Montpelier, Vermont (1830–1861) Ansonia Clock Company; Ansonia, Connecticut and Brooklyn, New York (1851–1929)

4. Self Winding Clock Company - Wikipedia

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   The Self Winding Clock Company (SWCC) was a major manufacturer of electromechanical clocks from 1886 until about 1970. [1] Based in New York City, the company was one of the first to power its clocks with an electric motor instead of winding by hand. A patented clock mechanism automatically rewinds the main spring each hour by the small ...

5. How sled dogs and pets respond when the clocks change - AOL

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   The breeds show different reaction to clocks going back and forward, a study suggests. How sled dogs and pets respond when the clocks change Skip to main content

6. Mainspring - Wikipedia

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   After winding, the arbor is stationary and the pull of the mainspring turns the barrel, which has a ring of gear teeth around it. This meshes with one of the clock's gears, usually the center wheel pinion and drives the wheel train. The barrel usually rotates once every 8 hours, so the common 40-hour spring requires 5 turns to unwind completely.

7. Clockwork - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] [3] A clockwork mechanism is often powered by a clockwork motor [4] consisting of a mainspring, a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon. Energy is stored in the mainspring manually by winding it up, turning a key attached to a ratchet which twists the mainspring tighter. Then the force of the mainspring turns the clockwork gears, until ...

8. Video shows dog chewing on a lithium-ion battery and ... - AOL

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   A dog chomping on a lithium-ion battery sparked a serious house fire in Oklahoma, and video of the moment the sparks began to fly has been enlisted by a fire department to show the potential ...

9. The 15 Best Companion Dogs to Be at Your Side When You ... - AOL

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   Dogs have an incredible, intuitive ability to make people happy. Call us crazy, but it might be their puppy dog eyes, soft fur, general cuteness and undying devotion. Some canines are so good at ...