| 单词 | pendulum watch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspendulum watch pendulum watch n. now historical a watch having a balance wheel (which oscillates like the pendulum of a clock). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > particular types of watch German watch1611 larum watch1619 clock-watch1625 minute watch1660 pendulum watch1664 watch1666 alarm watch1669 finger watch1679 string-watch1686 scout1688 balance-watch1690 hour-watch1697 warming-pan1699 minute pendulum watch1705 jewel watch1711 suit1718 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pendulum spring1728 second-watch1755 Geneva watch1756 cylinder-watch1765 watch-paper1777 ring watch1788 verge watch1792 watch lamp1823 hack1827 bull's-eye1833 vertical watch1838 quarter-repeater1840 turnip1840 hunting-watch1843 minute repeater1843 hunter1851 job watch1851 Geneva1852 watch-lining1856 touch watch1860 musical watch1864 lever1865 neep1866 verge1871 independent seconds watch1875 stem-winder1875 demi-hunter1884 fob-watch1884 three-quarter plate1884 wrist-watch1897 turnip-watch1898 sedan-chair watch1904 Rolex1922 Tank watch1923 strap watch1926 chatelaine watch1936 sedan clock1950 quartz watch1969 pulsar1970 1664 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 13 Concerning the success of the Pendulum-Watches at Sea for the Longitudes. 1742 in Harvard College Rec. (1925) II. 719 The College Pendulum Watch..[shall] be deliver'd to Mr. Professor Winthrop, for his Use, as mathematical Professor. 1850 T. Ewbank Descr. & Hist. Acct. Hydraul. & other Machines for Raising Water 441 The device for regulating the vibration of the balance in watches by a spring, whence arose the name of pendulum watches, was invented by him [sc. Hautefeuille], and was subsequently improved by Huyghens. 1988 Antiquarian Horol. 17 588/2 A subsequent advert in the London Gazette of 1682 describes a lost Tompion watch as ‘a Pendulum watch’; a term believed to refer to the improved timekeeping of such balance spring watches. < as lemmas |
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