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  2. Traditional Chinese timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Using the definition of kè as 1⁄100 of a day, each kè is equal to 0.24 hours, 14.4 minutes, or 14 minutes 24 seconds. Every shí contains 8 1⁄3 kè, with 7 or 8 full kè and partial beginning or ending kè. These fractional kè are multiples of 1⁄6 kè, or 2 minutes 24 seconds. [ a] The 7 or 8 full kè within each shí were referred to ...

  3. Incense clock - Wikipedia

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    The incense clock ( simplified Chinese: 香钟; traditional Chinese: 香鐘; pinyin: xiāngzhōng; Wade–Giles: hsiang-chung; lit. 'fragrance clock') is a timekeeping device that originated from China during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) and spread to neighboring East Asian countries such as Japan and Korea. The clocks' bodies are effectively ...

  4. Time clock - Wikipedia

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    Time clock. A time clock, sometimes known as a clock card machine, punch clock, or time recorder, is a device that records start and end times for hourly employees (or those on flexi-time) at a place of business. In mechanical time clocks, this was accomplished by inserting a heavy paper card, called a time card, into a slot on the time clock.

  5. Clock (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Clock or Sundial is a luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is closely related to Travellers . Clock is a purely mechanical process with no room for skill, and the chances of winning are exactly 1 in 13. [ 3 ]

  6. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    Oscillating timekeepers are used in modern timepieces. Sundials and water clocks were first used in ancient Egypt c. 1200 BC (or equally acceptable BCE) and later by the Babylonians, the Greeks and the Chinese. Incense clocks were being used in China by the 6th century.

  7. Decimal time - Wikipedia

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    The large dial shows the ten hours of the decimal day in Arabic numerals, while the small dial shows the two 12-hour periods of the standard 24-hour day in Roman numerals. Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term is often used specifically to refer to the French Republican calendar ...

  8. Time in China - Wikipedia

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    The official national standard time is called Beijing Time ( BJT, simplified Chinese: 北京时间; traditional Chinese: 北京時間; pinyin: Běijīng shíjiān) domestically because it is based on the 120th meridian east, where Beijing City is located, [ 1][ 2] and China Standard Time ( CST) internationally. [ 3]

  9. Category : Chinese traditional date and time templates

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    [[Category:Chinese traditional date and time templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Chinese traditional date and time templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.