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  2. Tide-Predicting Machine No. 2 - Wikipedia

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    Tide-Predicting Machine No. 2, also known as Old Brass Brains, [1] was a special-purpose mechanical computer that uses gears, pulleys, chains, and other mechanical components to compute the height and time of high and low tides for specific locations. The machine can perform tide calculations much faster than a person could do with pencil and ...

  3. Tide clock - Wikipedia

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    When the clock reaches the halfway point ("half-tide"), it then counts the hours up to high tide or low tide, as in "one hour until high or low tide". Generally, there is an adjustment knob on the back on the instrument which may be used to set the tide using official tide tables for a specific location at either high or low tide.

  4. Tide-predicting machine - Wikipedia

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    The first tide predicting machine (TPM) was built in 1872 by the Légé Engineering Company. [11] A model of it was exhibited at the British Association meeting in 1873 [12] (for computing 8 tidal components), followed in 1875-76 by a machine on a slightly larger scale (for computing 10 tidal components), was designed by Sir William Thomson (who later became Lord Kelvin). [13]

  5. Atmos clock - Wikipedia

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    Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clock on display. Atmos is the brand name of a mechanical torsion pendulum clock manufactured by Jaeger-LeCoultre in Switzerland. The clock gets the energy it needs to run from temperature changes in the environment and does not need to be wound manually. It can run for years without human intervention.

  6. Conservation and restoration of clocks - Wikipedia

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    Conservation experts advise clocks need to be serviced regularly. A clock is a complex mechanical contraption made of a variety of materials and with many small moving parts. [10] Even under perfect conditions lubricants deteriorate. Clocks should be examined and re-lubricated every three years.

  7. Automaton - Wikipedia

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    The mechanical rooster of Strasbourg clock was active from 1352 to 1789. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] The clock still functions to this day, but has undergone several restorations since its initial construction. The Prague astronomical clock was built in 1410, animated figures were added from the 17th century onwards. [ 46 ]

  8. Automaton clock - Wikipedia

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    More recently constructed automaton clocks are widespread in Japan, where they are known as karakuri-dokei. Notable examples of such clocks include the Ni-Tele Really Big Clock, designed by Hayao Miyazaki to be affixed on the Nippon Television headquarters in Tokyo, touted to be the largest animated clock in the world. [4]

  9. Repeater (horology) - Wikipedia

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    A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of hours, to the minute repeater which chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and ...