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Around 1275, an Italian monk designed the first mechanical clock. The clock was driven by the slow pull of a falling weight, basically like a very big hour hand. The world's oldest working clock (pictured) was built in 1386 and is still ticking away at Salisbury Cathedral, UK. Like all clocks of that time it has no face but strikes the hour on a bell. Today, the International Atomic Time, kept by 300 atomic clocks around the world, keeps earth's time to within microseconds of accuracy of solar time. However, since the rotation of earth is slightly irregular and slowing down slowly, a leap second has to be added occasionally, giving us the world standard time known as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). If all of the above left you scared, you probably suffer from chronophobia, the phobia of time. If you don't mind the time but suffer from chronomentrophobia, the fear of clocks, head out to Las Vegas: there are no clocks in the gambling casinos.
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Who built the first mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick.
How did the mechanical clocks spread from ancient china to Europe?
silk road
When was the catapult first built?
The first catapult was built in 399 B.C. Didorous Siculus, a Greek historian wrote about this device that threw mechanical arrows.
What types of clocks were used in ancient times?
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Who built the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Where did clocks originate from?
The Song-era Chinese had built elaborate clocks centuries before the Europeans, but the West was the first part of the world where clocks became a regular part of urban life. The word "clock" comes from the word for bell. The first mechanical clocks that appeared around 1300 in western Europe were simply bells with an automatic mechanical device to strike the correct number of hours.
What uses did the mechanical clock have?
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Who built the first mechanical in 1642?
Gutenberg
What were water clocks used for?
Keeping time, in the days before mechanical clocks.
Who built the first mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick.
What is the energy for alarm clocks?
Mechanical to sound to radiant
What person in invent mechanical clocks?
jacopo di dondi
Who built the first semi tractor trailer?
1921 scammell mechanical horse built in the United Kingdom.
Do digital clocks keep time as well or better than standard clocks with hands?
Digital clocks will keep time at least as well as a manual mechanical clock.
Is germany famous for coo coo clocks?
the father of the cuckoo clock is Franz Anton Kitterer from Triberg Germany in the Black Forest region. This is where the first cuckoo clocks were built. To this day they still build black forest cuckoo clocks there.
How did the mechanical clocks spread from ancient china to Europe?
silk road
Who manufacturers Atmos mechanical clocks?
The Atmos mechanical clocks are manufactured by the Swiss clock-making house of Jaeger-LeCoultre. It does not require winding because it gets its energy from natural changes in temperature and pressure.
