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花時計
1. flower clock
2. Floral clockA floral clock or flower clock is a large decorative clock set into a flower bed in a park or other public recreation area. The floral clock was a form of carpet bedding set onto an operational clock-face, invented in 1903 by John McHattie of Edinburgh Parks in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh and first seen in spring of 1904. It was soon imitated across the United Kingdom. In Edinburgh the clock mechanism is set inside the plinth of the statue to Allan Ramsay adjacent and lasted until 1936.
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