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  • 41Hour plate — Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The …

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  • 42Sidereal hour — Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The …

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  • 43Solar hour — Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The …

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  • 44The small hours — Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The …

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  • 45To keep good hours — Hour Hour, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure, F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See {Year}, and cf. {Horologe}, {Horoscope}.] 1. The …

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  • 46Celestial navigation — Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is a position fixing technique that was devised to help sailors cross the featureless oceans without having to rely on dead reckoning to enable them to strike land. Celestial navigation uses… …

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  • 47Tourbillon — A tourbillon (English IPAEng|tʊərˈbɪljən, French IPA2|tuʁbijɔ̃, meaning whirlwind ) is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement. Invented in 1795 by French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, a tourbillon counters the effects of gravity… …

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  • 48Complication (horology) — Watch Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 1 …

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  • 49Ikepod — is a Swiss wristwatch manufacturer owned by Adam Lindemann and Marc Newson , and specializing in conceptual timepieces.The IKEPOD story begins in 1986, the year Marc Newson completed his first prototype wristwatch: Watches were one of the first… …

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  • 50King Fox — was an Australian pop band formed ca. 1967 by a group of schoolfriends from Sydney s Eastern Suburbs. After early changes, the band settled into the lineup of::Paul Radcliffe guitar, vocals, flute:David King guitar, vocals:Billy Field bass,vocals …

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