difference between pendulum clock and quartz clock
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Explanation:
A pendulum clock is a mechanical device. It relies on a pendulum swinging at a steady pace, with energy to the pendulum provided by a spring. ... A quartz clock relies on the exactly repeating vibration of a thin sliver of quartz. This vibration creates an electrical current that controls the electronic display.
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A pendulum clock is a mechanical device. It relies on a pendulum swinging at a steady pace, with energy to the pendulum provided by a spring. The time one swing takes is translated, by gears, to clock time by moving the hands. It is an analog device, as were all machines and clocks before the digital age. A quartz clock relies on the exactly repeating vibration of a thin sliver of quartz. This vibration creates an electrical current that controls the electronic display. I am thinking that a quartz clock is digital, not analog. Of course, there is an analog component of it. That is the thickness of the quartz, which must be ground precisely. Using good old fashioned analog machinery. But once the precisely ground sliver of quartz is installed in the clock mechanism, the rest of the clock's work is digital, as I see it.