Japanese clock

English
Two separate foliot balances allow this 18th-century Japanese clock to run at two different speeds to indicate unequal hours.

Noun

Japanese clock (plural Japanese clocks)

  1. A mechanical clock designed to tell traditional Japanese time, in which day and night are divided into six periods whose lengths change with the season.
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