| 单词 | pendule clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspendule clock 3. More fully pendule clock, a (usually small and ornamental) timepiece with a pendulum. Also more generally: any clock. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock pendulum clock1663 pendule clock1664 pendulum1664 pendulum-piece1734 wag-at-the-wall1825 longcase clock1851 grandfather clock1883 trunk dial1884 grandfather1894 grandmother clock1898 longcase1899 granddaughter clock1926 grandmother1931 granddaughter1968 1664–5 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 14 The difference..will not be at all perceived in the Penduls. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 276 That greate Mathematicia<n> & virtuoso Monsieur Zulecum, Inventor of the Pendule Clock. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 285 I..return'd by Fromantel the famous Clock maker to see some Pendules. 1772 D. Garrick Let. 22 Aug. in Private Corr. (1831) I. 481 There may be no time lost in having his four pendules..packed up and forwarded to Linsley. 1817 S. Morgan France (ed. 2) I. i. 27 Madelaine drew our attention also to the high chimney-piece, where ticked a handsome pendule. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 159 Escape wheels of French pendules make two revolutions a minute. 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 30 July An excellent Pendule-Clock inclosed in the curious flower-work of Mr Gibbons in the midst of the Vestibule, is very remarkable. < as lemmas |
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