Clocks and Watches (Subscribe)
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How Stuff Works: Pendulum Clock popular
http://www.howstuffworks.com/clock.htm
Concise description using drawings and animation to show the operation of a pendulum clock.
How Stuff Works: Atomic Clock popular
http://www.howstuffworks.com/atomic-clock.htm
Concise history, background, definitions and operational information regarding atomic clocks.
Green Tyme popular
Using a patented KinderClock Chronichron, this site simultaneously displays both standard time's fixed hours and natural time's variable lengths of days and nights.
Cesium Atomic Clocks popular
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cesium.html
Kinds of cesium clocks, with pictures, plus a description of their operation and the science behind them.
Smithsonian Institute - On Time
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ontime/
History of the clock and how Americans have measured time and been affected by it.
Doug's Atomic Clocks
http://www.niceties.com/atomic.html
Details on Doug Hogarth's experiments with his atomic clock.
Biological Clocks Virtual Museum
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/clocks/museum.html
This exhibit explores the inputs, outputs, and mechanisms of biological clocks with a primary focus on circadian rhythms.