• The 13 Clocks is a fantasy tale written by James Thurber in 1950, while he was completing one of his other novels. It is written in a unique cadenced...
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    are candle clocks, incense clocks, and the hourglass. Both the candle clock and the incense clock work on the same principle, wherein the consumption...
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  • The Clocks is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 7 November 1963 and...
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  • 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2008. "Coldplay – Clocks". ARIA Top 50 Singles. "Coldplay – Clocks" (in Dutch). Ultratip. "Coldplay – Clocks" (in French). Ultratip...
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  • Stop the Clocks is a compilation album by English rock band Oasis. It was released on 20 November 2006 by Big Brother Recordings. The "retrospective collection"...
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    reference for the second, with a plan to find a more precise definition of the second as atomic clocks improve based on optical clocks or the Rydberg constant...
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    synchronous electric clocks in the 1930s and '40s. Pendulum clocks are now kept mostly for their decorative and antique value. Pendulum clocks must be stationary...
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    liquid can then be measured. Water clocks are one of the oldest time-measuring instruments. The simplest form of water clock, with a bowl-shaped outflow, existed...
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  • working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least 4 m (13 ft) in diameter. Clocks can be located on the exterior...
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  • public use. The 24-hour analog dial was reserved for more specialized applications, such as astronomical clocks and chronometers. Most analog clocks and watches...
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    implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in...
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    of two adjacent clocks with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run simultaneously. The devices are used...
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    variety of forms. In the 1840s, the Beha company had already been selling Biedermeier style table cuckoo clocks. Up until now, clocks had mainly been manufactured...
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    quartz clocks and watches are at least an order of magnitude more accurate than mechanical clocks. Generally, some form of digital logic counts the cycles...
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    Lances, 1961 Many Moons, 1943 The Great Quillow, 1944 The White Deer, 1945 The 13 Clocks, 1950 The Wonderful O, 1957 The Male Animal, 1940 (with Elliott...
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    around the outside, and the hour hand makes only one revolution per day. Some special-purpose clocks, such as timers and sporting event clocks, are designed...
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    automatically set clocks or for any purpose where accurate time is needed. Radio clocks may include any feature available for a clock, such as alarm function...
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    the clocks go back? Big Ben prepares for first change in five years". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2022. "West Dial re-connected to the Great Clock"...
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    processes, such as the flow of liquid in water clocks, to mechanical clocks, and eventually repetitive, oscillatory processes, such as the swing of pendulums...
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    "two thousand". The first mechanical public clocks introduced in Italy were mechanical 24-hour clocks which counted the 24 hours of the day from one-half...
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    the name "vector clock" and the mathematical properties of vector clocks. Vector clocks allow for the partial causal ordering of events. Defining the...
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  • book The 13 Clocks Xingu and Other Stories, early short-story collection by Edith Wharton This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    (or Centenario Clocks) is the first manufacturer of monumental clocks in Latin America. It was founded by Alberto Olvera Hernández in the municipality of...
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  • This is a list of some experimental laboratory atomic clocks worldwide. "Seit wann läuft die erste Atomuhr in der PTB?". Themenrundgänge / Fragen zur Zeit...
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  • "Time Clocks hastens Joe Bonamassa's journey into his own blues future". Classic Rock. Retrieved November 8, 2021. "JOE BONAMASSA Releases 'Time Clocks' Single...
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    "Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) (category Clocks in the United States)
    two identical wall clocks but with white rims instead of black, and includes the option of painting the wall on which the clocks are hung light blue...
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  • such as vector clocks. Using only a simple Lamport clock, only a partial causal ordering can be inferred from the clock. However, via the contrapositive...
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  • Schuster, it followed Many Moons (1943), The Great Quillow (1944), The White Deer (1945) and The 13 Clocks (1950). As well as constant, complex wordplay...
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    mechanical clocks is typically played from a spiked cylinder on bells, organ pipes, or bellows. On electric clocks such as quartz clocks, the music is usually...
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  • Time dilation is the difference in elapsed time as measured by two clocks, either because of a relative velocity between them (special relativity), or...
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