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Clockwork means the inner workings of mechanical machines clocks (where it is also called a "movement". Also other similar mechanisms with a complex series of gears.[1][2][3][4]
A clockwork mechanism usually has a clockwork motor.[5] This has a mainspring, a spiral of metal ribbon. Energy is stored in the mainspring by winding it up, turning a key attached to a ratchet which twists the mainspring tighter. Then the force of the mainspring turns the clockwork gears, until the stored energy is used up. The adjectives wind-up and spring-powered refer to mainspring-powered clockwork devices. These include clocks and watches, kitchen timers, music boxes, and wind-up toys.
References
- ↑ "Clockwork - Definition of clockwork by Merriam-Webster". merriam-webster.com. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clockwork.
- ↑ "Clockwork - define clockwork at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clockwork.
- ↑ Whitney William Dwight (ed) (1914). The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, Vol. 2. New York: The Century Co.. https://books.google.com/books?id=d0dFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1447&dq=clockwork.
- ↑ Chambers Concise Dictionary. Allied Publishers. 2004. pp. 227. . https://books.google.com/books?id=iwWuY9tAVq8C&pg=PA227.
- ↑ The talking machine encyclopædia: a comprehensive and descriptive glossary of all terms used in connection with the talking machine. London: Phono Trader Printing and Publishing. 1908. pp. 45–47. https://books.google.com/books?id=TSEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45&dq=%22clockwork+motor%22., description of the clockwork motor in an antique phonograph
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