Striking clock
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striking-clock-173-11897837
title:
Striking clock
text:
A striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell, gong, or other audible device. In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking clocks today, the clock strikes once at 1:00 am, twice at 2:00 am, continuing in this way up to twelve times at 12:00 mid-day, then starts again, striking once at 1:00 pm, twice at 2:00 pm, and the pattern continues up to twelve times at 12:00 midnight. The striking feature of clocks was originally more important than their clock faces; the earli
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Clock that sounds the time with a bell or gong
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striking_clock
date created:
2005-05-01T22:10:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T10:35:20Z
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