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Yet, it was nearly one hundred years later before a seconds hand was finally developed for the swinging pendulum clocks of William Clement. However, as timekeeping was important to astronomers, having an apparatus that could tell time consistently was of some importance. Therefore, Taqi-al-Din, like Burgi, also sought to provide a more consistent and minute reading of time. Taqi-al-Din designed three dials, which showed the hours, degrees and minutes. In

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