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Legal Secretary Typing Test 32: A Short History of the Clock

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Legal Secretary practice test 32

A Short History of the Clock · 318 words · 5 min · English · backspace allowed · target 60 WPM

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Practice test modeled on the Legal Secretary Typing Test format. Not affiliated with Law firms and courts. 60 to 70 WPM with 95%+ accuracy on legal passages.

5:000wpm100%0/318

Peoplehavemeasuredtimeforthousandsofyears,firstbytheshadowofastickinthesunandlaterbywaterdrippingsteadilyfromonebowlintoanother.MechanicalclocksappearedinEuropeinthethirteenthcentury,drivenbyfallingweightsandregulatedbyaswingingbar.Theywerelarge,expensiveandoftenranseveralminutesfastorsloweachday.Thependulum,introducedintheseventeenthcentury,madeclocksaccurateenoughfornavigationandastronomy.Pocketwatchesfollowed,thenwristwatches,andinthetwentiethcenturyquartzcrystalsreplacedspringsandgears.Amodernquartzwatchloseslessthanasecondaday,andtheatomicclocksthatsetnationaltimestandardswoulddriftbyonlyasecondinmillionsofyears.Timekeepingshapedrailways,factoriesandschools,andtodaytheprecisetimesignalsfromsatellitesguideships,aircraftandthemapsoneverymobilephone.Adataentryoperatortransfersinformationfrompaperforms,invoicesandsurveysheets

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