Myriad year clock
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myriad-year-clock-290-12460873
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Myriad year clock
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The Myriad year clock, was a universal clock designed by the Japanese inventor Hisashige Tanaka in 1851. It belongs to the category of Japanese clocks called Wadokei. This clock is designated as an Important Cultural Property and a Mechanical Engineering Heritage by the Japanese government. The clock is driven by a spring. Once it is fully wound, it can work for one year without another winding. It can show the time in 7 ways. Since the time system in Japan at that time was temporal hour, a day
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad_year_clock
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2023-08-30T03:06:48Z
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