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  2. Nylex Clock - Wikipedia

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    The location of the clock was leased from the owner of the silo. On 29 June 2005 the clock was restarted at 7.24am, amid heavy fog and a live broadcast by radio station 3AW. The thousands of white LEDs turned on, but the time stayed stuck on 7.24am due to a 'glitch with satellite alignment' in the equipment used to keep the time and date ...

  3. List of Foucault pendulums - Wikipedia

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    Virginia: Richmond: Science Museum of Virginia: Richmond: University of Richmond, Gottwald Science Center Washington: Auburn: Green River College: Ellensburg: Central Washington University: 34 ft (10.5 m) 6.4 s Seattle: University of Washington: 49.8 ft (15.1 m) 7.8 s Spokane: Spokane Falls Community College: Tacoma: Harned Hall, University of ...

  4. Time in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The main DST zones are the following: (Australian) Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT or CDST) – UTC+10:30, in South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. (Australian) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT or EDST) – UTC+11:00, in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania. During the usual periods of DST, the three standard time ...

  5. History of time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.

  6. Block Arcade, Melbourne - Wikipedia

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    Name: "doing the block" An 1880 illustration by Samuel Thomas Gill shows Melburnians "doing the Block". By the late 1870s, the north side of Collins Street between Swanston and Elizabeth streets had become the favoured promenade of Melbourne's well-to-do, who went there to frequent its prestigious shops and cafes, and to see and be seen as they walked from one end to the other.

  7. List of heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne - Wikipedia

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    This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Royal Exhibition Building This is a non-exhaustive list of buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and surrounding suburbs listed on the Victorian ...

  8. Northern Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region radiates westward and southward from Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and has a population of 3,257,133 people as of 2023 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, representing of a third of the state's total population.

  9. Ringwood, Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Heathmont. Ringwood is an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km (16 mi) east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maroondah local government area. Ringwood recorded a population of 19,144 at the 2021 census.