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Q: Is a motion of a hands of a clock a simple harmonic motion?
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What is an example of harmonic motion?

A fly in a bottleLeaves blowing along a roadsideClouds moving across the skyYour eyes watching a football matchAtoms & molecules in liquids and gasesSometimes heartbeats


What objects have rotary motion?

clock handles, electric mixer hands, the turny things you turn to change the heat on radiators and tap handles.


How does a wind up clock work?

You wind up a spring and a notched wheel makes the clock tick consistantly. the hands move with the mechanism to make the clock move a little bit every minute. (The spring is tightened when you wind it up) +++ The "notched wheel" is part of the "escapement", which does indeed control the speed, but the actual controlling influence in a mechanical clock is what that wheel drives and in turn returns the compliment by locking and releasing the wheel at a set rate. And that is the harmonic-motion properties of either a coiled spring attached to a miniature flywheel called the 'balance wheel', or of a pendulum.


Why does clock moves anti clock wise?

The hands of the clock DO NOT move "anti-clockwise." If you look at the top sweep of the hands of an analog clock (from the numbers 9 to 3), it sweeps an arc from left to right. If you look at the bottom sweep of the hands of an analog clock (from the numbers 3 to 9), it sweeps an arc from right to left. The continuous sweep of the large hand (minute hand) demonstrates a clockwise sweeping motion. The only ways a normal analog clock would appear to be going anti, or counter clockwise is: (1) you are looking at it from a mirror, or (2) you are looking through the back-side of a transparent clock and or wall watching a "counter-clockwise" sweep of the hands


How does a clock mechanism work?

Many mechanical clocks and watches are powered by a mainspring, which must be wound periodically to provide energy to drive the clock. The force from the wound mainspring drives the power wheel, which transmits motion through a series of pinion gears to the hour wheel and the minute wheel. The escapement wheel slows and regulates the motion of the power wheel. The motion of the escapement is regulated by the back and forth movement of the pivot. This motion also produces the familiar "tick-tock" of a clock and ensures that the hour and minute hands keep accurate time.