"The first American alarm clock was created in 1787 by Levi Hutchins [...]. This device he made only for himself, however, and it only rang at 4 am, in order to wake him for his job. The French
"The first American alarm clock was created in 1787 by Levi Hutchins [...]. This device he made only for himself, however, and it only rang at 4 am, in order to wake him for his job. The French inventor Antoine Redier was the first to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock, in 1847."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_clock
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