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Meanings of pendulum clocks in English

Russian
часовой механизм
Portuguese
relogio de pendulo
Spanish
reloj de péndulo
Catalan
rellotge de pèndol
Wikidata

Timekeeping device.

часовой механизм
Synonyms
Examples for "pendulum clock"
Examples for "pendulum clock"
1
On the wall in my grandfather's house hung an ancient pendulum clock.
The Irish Times
2
The gilded pendulum clock on the scroll-carved marble mantel chimed three times.
Knife of dreams
3
The pendulum clock appears to have been an invention of the Middle Ages.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
4
A deathly silence had fallen, a silence still measured by the pendulum clock.
The Street That Wasn't There
5
Harrison completed his first pendulum clock in 1713, before he was twenty years old.
The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s...
Usage of pendulum clocks in English
1
Pendulum clocks are the oldest style, and are more generally introduced than any other kind.
History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years,...
2
"Why, no; it's quite common in pendulum clocks," he told her.
The Squirrel-Cage