mechanical clock

collocation in English

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mechanical
adjective
uk
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/us
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/
operated by a machine, or connected with machines or ...
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clock
noun
uk
/klɒk/us
/klɑːk/
a device for measuring and showing time, usually found in or on a building and not worn by ...
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It is also the fundamental principle behind the spring scale, the manometer, and the balance wheel of themechanicalclock.
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In 1979, the originalmechanicalclockwas converted partly to an electrical one.
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This was due to the development of themechanicalclock, which became more accurate, smaller and cheaper, and made keeping time easier.
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The building was made of limestone, had a large copper door, and contained amechanicalclockin the clock tower.
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In the tower themechanicalclockwas installed in 1927.
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In 1941, the tower'smechanicalclockwas converted to run on electricity, and in 1977, a carillon was added.
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The track includes sound effects such as the ticking of amechanicalclock.
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It was fitted with amechanicalclockduring the mid 14th century.
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Scoreboards in the past used amechanicalclockand numeral cards to display the score.
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Themechanicalclockin the tower is from 1795.
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Themechanicalclockwas later replaced with an electric one.
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Like mechanical clocks before them, atomic clocks revealed another problem with using the sun to set our timescale.
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But mechanical clocks are being clobbered by quartz crystal and the factory has lost virtually its whole business.
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Cycloidal gears are still used in mechanical clocks.
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The verge and foliot mechanical clocks were relatively easy to maintain and so found their way into many churches, bell towers and town halls.
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However, his attempts to reproduce mechanical clocks, gunpowder, and cannons are failures.
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People must remember to change their clocks; this can be time-consuming, particularly for mechanical clocks that can not be moved backward safely.
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