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  • 71Escapement — redirects here. For the fisheries term for the stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle, see Spawn (biology). For other uses, see Escapement (disambiguation). A deadbeat escapement, used in many pendulum clocks. Click above to see… …

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  • 72Patek Philippe & Co. — Infobox Company company name = Patek Philippe company company type = Watch Maker foundation = 1851 location = Geneva, Switzerland key people = area served = Worldwide industry = Watch Making products = Watches revenue = operating income = net… …

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  • 73Chronograph — For an instrument used to measure velocity of a projectile fired from a gun, see gun chronograph. Electa Pocket Chronograph (ca. 1890s) manufactured by the Gallet Watch Company in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland …

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  • 74Pin-pallet escapement — A Roskopf, pin lever, or pin pallet escapement is an inexpensive, less accurate version of the lever escapement, used in mechanical alarm clocks, kitchen timers, mantel clocks and, until the 1970s, cheap watches now known as pin lever watches. It …

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  • 75Banjo clock — The banjo clock, or more properly the banjo timepiece, is an American wall clock with a banjo shaped case. It was invented by Simon Willard, originally of Grafton, Massachusetts, later of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and patented in 1802. The banjo… …

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  • 76Audemars Piguet — Infobox Company name = Audemars Piguet type = genre = foundation = founder = location city = location country = location = locations = area served = key people = industry = Watch manufacturing products = Wristwatches, accessories services =… …

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  • 77Richard Paul Evans — (born October 11, 1962 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American author.BiographyEvans graduated with a B.A. degree from the University of Utah in 1984. While working as an advertising executive he wrote a Christmas story for his children. Unable… …

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  • 78Besançon Astronomical Observatory — Organization Centre national de la recherc …

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  • 79Neuchâtel Observatory — Code 019   Location Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel …

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  • 80Swindle (Transformers) — Swindle is the name given to seven different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.Transformers Generation 1Transformers character name =Swindle caption = affiliation =Decepticon subgroup =Combaticon function =Munitions Expert motto …

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