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Alarm

On occasion, we all feel like throwing our Alarm Clocks across the room! It is designed to make an annoying sound at a certain time to make sure we 'wake up'. Sometimes Alarm Clocks are used for other reminders as well. To stop the sound of an Alarm Clock, a button or handle normally has to be pressed, while others stop automatically after a few minutes. A traditional analogue Alarm Clock comes with an extra hand that specifies the time at which the alarm will be activated.

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato supposedly had a big water clock with an unspecified alarm signal like the sound of a water organ. He used this at night, apparently for marking the start of his lectures at dawn.

The first mechanical clocks were made in the 14th century, and were big monumental clocks. By 1620, household clocks were used, and some of them had alarm mechanisms.

Conventional mechanical Alarm Clocks have one or two bells that ring, but digital clocks can produce other noises. Simple battery-powered clocks usually make a loud buzzing sound, or another similar sound, to wake a sleeper. On the other hand, novelty clocks can speak, laugh, or sing. Some clocks have radios that play at certain times, and are known as 'Clock Radios'.

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