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Definition of Clock pendulum
1. Noun. A physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clock Pendulum
Literary usage of Clock pendulum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Matter and Motion by James Clerk Maxwell (1876)
"Let us suppose that the time of a single vibration is not exactly that of the
clock pendulum, but a little more. The observer at the telescope sees the ..."
2. The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid by Edward John Routh (1905)
"of the time of a half vibration of the clock pendulum. ... In this manner 530
half vibrations of a clock pendulum, each equal to a second, were found to ..."
3. Elements of Astronomy by Robert Stawell Ball (1886)
"It is, however, possible to apply the principles of the simple circular pendulum
to the clock pendulum, only observing that the length of the circular ..."
4. Practical Physics by Richard Glazebrook, Napier Shaw (1894)
"Now let us suppose the clock pendulum to be vibrating rather the more ...
Suppose that during this interval n swings of the clock pendulum have occurred. ..."
5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1855)
"To the centre of the bob of the clock pendulum is attached a small ... and the
illuminated disk on the clock pendulum, should be a straight line. ..."
6. Practical Physics: A Laboratory Manual for Colleges and Technical Schools by William Suddards Franklin, Chauncey M. Crawford, Barry Macnutt (1908)
"... is suspended as a pendulum in front of a clock, and adjusted until it makes
very nearly one oscillation per second, the same as the clock pendulum. ..."
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