Clockwork
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clockwork-169-8253632
title:
Clockwork
text:
Clockwork refers to the inner workings of either mechanical devices called clocks and watches or other mechanisms that work similarly, using a series of gears driven by a spring or weight. A clockwork mechanism is often powered by a clockwork motor consisting of a mainspring, a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon. Energy is stored in the mainspring manually by winding it up, turning a key attached to a ratchet which twists the mainspring tighter. Then the force of the mainspring turns the cloc
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mechanism of a clock
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwork
date created:
2002-09-23T07:09:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:46:24Z
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13
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