Talk:Clockwork

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[edit] Older comments

Um, isn't clockwork (also) the mechanical part of a clock/watch? I don't think it should redirect to Gear directly? or? --Kricke

When was clockwork first widely used? Some historical background information would be extremely useful here. 86.132.136.164 11:56, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

It's hard to know about "widely used", but read Antikythera mechanism. This is the oldest known clockwork mechanism, but it's not known if this was a one-off piece of a very advanced art for its day, or just one among many that happened to survive.Graham 01:14, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fiction accounts

Why are there no accounts to clockwork being used in fiction? As it was in Rise of Legends, Warcraft, and World of Warcraft. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheGamerDude (talk • contribs) 14:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

In those games clockwork is only a minor side-note such roles are inconsequential. If however there were a game or movie centered around clockwork that would be note worthy.

Craobh sidhe (talk) 01:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

There is a book that has some clockwork in it? (Keys to the Kingdom, by Garth Nix)Paradox K. 03:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clocks

I would like to see some information, pictures, explanation of real clockwork, like in clocks. That's what I was hoping to find in this page, but it's not really here. Maybe a rundown of common clock mechansisms, development of clockwork, clever solutions to clock-based problems. That sort of thing. GBMorris 01:35, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] history?

how about a bit about history and evolution of clockwork? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.80.214.27 (talk) 15:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "A clockwork computer was described on BBC World on 30 September 2005."

What does the following sentence of the article refer to?

"A clockwork computer was described on BBC World on 30 September 2005."

Is it about the OLPC announced on the 29th of September, 2005?
Quote from here:

"The laptop will be tough and foldable in different ways, with a hand crank for when there is no power supply."


I'll add it in with a question mark until it gets sorted out. bkil (talk) 20:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

I've removed this reference for now. I think the hand crank is more of a dynamo that charges the battery; the energy would be stored chemically rather than physically. Regardless, the mention of BBC and the date is irrelevant to the article; if the material is added back it should directly discuss the computer's hand crank. -SCEhardT 04:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC)