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So you can tell the minute. STANDARD!

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How many hands of a clock?

Clocks have 0, 2 or 3 hands: 0 (digital clocks), 2 (hour and minute), 3 (hour, minute and second).


What are clocks with hands called?

Analog clocks.


How many hands has a clock?

3. The hour hand, the minute hand, and on most clocks, the second hand.


What clocks and people have?

hands


How are clocks and humans alike?

Clocks are personified to have several of the same features as humans. For example, clocks have a face and two hands, like humans do. Clocks can also be grandfathers!Clocks and people can't go back in time.


Do digital clocks keep time as well or better than standard clocks with hands?

Digital clocks will keep time at least as well as a manual mechanical clock.


Why are clocks circular?

Some aren't! It's just easier for the degrees to be seen and more even. Square clocks would have short second and minute hands as to not hit the sides. But they wouldn't reach the corner, so telling time might become hard.


Why are clocks circle?

Unfortunately, not all clocks are circular. The reason that most clocks are circular is because of convenience. As clocks rely on the rotation of the hands to tell time, it is simply easier for the numbers to be arranged in a circular formation around it.


What is the width of a hand on a clock?

Different clocks have hands of different sizes.


Why do clocks tick?

In spring wound clocks, the ticking is the sound of a ratchet alternately catching and releasing a gear that both unwinds the spring and causes the hands to move.Hope this helps.


Witch way is clock wise?

In the same way a clocks hands rotate.


When were the first kind of mechanical clocks introduced?

The first mechanical clocks were introduced in the 14th century. These early clocks were weight-driven and used gears and escapements to regulate the movement of the hands. Prior to this, timekeeping devices were primarily sundials or water clocks.