Was it the mechanical clock, eyeliner, Tesla coil or aqueduct.

是机械时钟, 眼线, 特斯拉线圈还是沟渠。

More precise time-keeping, like sundials and mechanical clocks, eventually came along to put time in more convenient boxes.

后来出现了更精确的计时方法，比如日晷、机械钟，让计时变得更方便。

The only one of these inventions made between the years 500 A.D. and the Renaissance was the mechanical clock.

这些发明中唯一一项在公元500年到文艺复兴时期之间的是机械时钟。

The mechanical clock, spectacles, advances in navigation, a grasp of tides and currents-these were among the achievements of the Middle Ages.

机械钟、眼镜、航海技术的进步、对潮汐和水流的掌握，都是中世纪的成就。

Medieval monks punctuated the day with prayers, leading them to fashion the first mechanical clocks.

中世纪的僧侣们在一天中不时祈祷，这促使他们制造出第一台机械钟表。

Mechanical clocks, the ones with springs and stuff weren't much better at the time, a few weeks at sea with a bad mechanical watch and your Greenwich time is wrong.

那些带弹簧之类部件的机械钟此时也好不到哪儿去，带着走时不准的机械钟表出海几周，你的格林威治时间就出错了。

Well, you could be right – because not all timepieces go tick tock. In fact, mechanical clocks and watches are quite recent in the history of timekeeping.

嗯，也许你的答案是对的。因为不是所有的钟表都会嘀嗒响。实际上，如今的机械表和手表都没什么声音。

Clockwork is a system of wheels and springs inside mechanical clocks. The term means something that is carefully made which runs smoothly and on time.

发条是机械时钟内部的轮子和弹簧系统。该术语的意思是精心制作的东西，运行平稳，准时。

In a mechanical clock, that’s done with gears: A different set of gears connects the pendulum to the hour hand, the minute hand, and the second hand, so they each move a different, specific amount as it swings.

在机械钟中，这是通过齿轮完成的：一组不同的齿轮将钟摆连接到时针、分针和秒针，因此它们在摆动时各自移动不同的特定量。