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1881 short story by Edward Page Mitchell
"The Clock That Went Backward" is an 1881 fantasy short story by American writer Edward Page Mitchell. The narrator recalls his visiting his great-aunt
The_Clock_that_Went_Backward
Device for time travel
least the 1700s, but the first known instance of a machine being used for the purpose was Edward Page Mitchell's 1881 short story "The Clock that Went Backward"
Time_machine
Hypothetical travel into the past or future
adding that "Edward Page Mitchell's story The Clock That Went Backward (1881) is usually described as the first time-machine story, but I'm not sure that a
Time_travel
1888 short story by H. G. Wells
to suggest that Wells saw or was influenced by the 1881 New York newspaper story "The Clock that Went Backward", in which an antique clock served as a
The_Chronic_Argonauts
Spanish diplomat and writer (1842–1902)
story The Clock that Went Backward. The novel, in the format of a zarzuela, is one of the first to feature a machine that travels through time: the "anacronópete"
Enrique_Gaspar
American novelist
1881) before H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man, wrote about a time-travel machine ("The Clock that Went Backward") before Wells's The Time Machine, wrote about
Edward_Page_Mitchell
1573–74 battle of the Eighty Years' War
one of the first published time-travel stories, The Clock that Went Backward, written by Edward Page Mitchell in 1881. The main characters of the story
Siege_of_Leiden
Symbol which represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe
backward eight times and forward 19 times. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the closest is 85 seconds in 2026. The Clock was
Doomsday_Clock
2026. Erickson, Hal (2014). "Turn Back the Clock (1933)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May
List of time travel works of fiction
List_of_time_travel_works_of_fiction
fiction elements. The two main awards given in American science fiction are the Hugos and the Nebulas. Complete lists of the short stories that won these awards
List of science fiction short stories
List_of_science_fiction_short_stories
Early clock mechanism
The verge (or crown wheel) escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate
Verge_escapement
128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems
except that the least significant 8 bits of the clock sequence are replaced by a "local domain" number, and the least significant 32 bits of the 60-bit
Universally_unique_identifier
clock building, from the 17th century, was the discovery that clocks could be controlled by harmonic oscillators. Leonardo da Vinci had produced the earliest
History of timekeeping devices
History_of_timekeeping_devices
Indian shipping company
resources; as a measure of backward integration to strengthen its shipping activities and to meet the huge energy demand in India. The commercial operations
Mercator_(company)
Computer device interface
2 specification. The SATA Express connector used on the host side is backward compatible with the standard SATA data connector, while it also provides
SATA_Express
2014 film by Christopher Nolan
other filmmakers. McClintock reported that theatre owners saw this as "backward", as nearly all theatres in the US had been converted to digital projection
Interstellar_(film)
Handheld game console by Nintendo
running at up to twice the speed, and four times as much memory. It is backward compatible with games developed for its predecessor. The Game Boy Color was
Game_Boy_Color
American award for distinguished novels
Motion Pictures Weighed". The New York Times. May 11, 1947. Stuckey, William J. (1966). The Pulitzer Prize Novels: A Critical Backward Look. University of Oklahoma
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction
Home video game consoles
are backward-compatible with nearly all Xbox One-compatible games and accessories (including Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that were made backward-compatible
Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S
Time spanning Europe and Asia
to 2011, Russia moved its clocks backward and forward on the same annual cycle as Europe. On 27 March 2011, clocks were advanced as usual, but they did
Time_in_Russia
moving backward. Savinova on the outside found herself in second place, though Jelimo had a 4-metre lead. Semenya was behind the wall of runners. In the next
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_800_metres
Home video game console
backward compatibility on the console. Don Mattrick, head of the company's Interactive Entertainment Business at the time, said in an interview that he
Xbox_One
Goal scored against a player's own team
any other backward kick in most leagues' rule books. Backward kicks are treated as fumbles, and as such, a backward kick through the back of the end zone
Own_goal
1986 studio album by Iron Maiden
To the left of the clock is a sign that reads "Herbert Ails", a reference to the author Frank Herbert who wrote the Dune novel, upon which the Iron
Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden album)
Somewhere_in_Time_(Iron_Maiden_album)
Continuous progression from past to future
day. The second is a clock, a physical mechanism that indicates the passage of time, consulted for periods less than a day. The combined measurement marks
Time
88th season in franchise history
touchdown that closed the lead to 21–19. After the Rams offense failed to run out the clock on its last possession, the Seahawks drove 52 yards to the Los Angeles
2025_Los_Angeles_Rams_season
1980 business-oriented personal computer
Apple II. Originally intended as a direct replacement to the Apple II, it was designed to be backward compatible with Apple II software. However, since Apple
Apple_III
Major event in the run-up to the 2024 United states presidential election
April 25, 2023, that he would run for re-election in 2024 with incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Biden went on to win an overwhelming
Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election
Withdrawal_of_Joe_Biden_from_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election
List of video game consoles by Nintendo
while retaining backward compatibility with games initially developed for its predecessor. The original model was followed in 2003 by the Game Boy Advance
Nintendo_video_game_consoles
Electronic numeric display device
tubes that have been sitting in warehouses for decades are being brought out and used, the most common application being in homemade digital clocks. During
Nixie_tube
Digital audiovisual data interface
CableLabs. The HDMI founders began development on HDMI 1.0 on April 16, 2002, with the goal of creating an AV connector that was backward-compatible with
HDMI
maintaining backward compatibility with games from the PlayStation library, which helped to draw consumers that remained on the long-tail of the PlayStation
History of video game consoles
History_of_video_game_consoles
2003 horror film by Takashi Miike
speaking for the first time, Nanako tells him that Mimiko would give her candy for being silent about the abuse. In Yumi's apartment, her clock starts ticking
One_Missed_Call_(2003_film)
of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli (second ed.). London: Edward and Charles Dilly. p. 10. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
American cyclist
nicknamed Thor, the Norse god of thunder. Reilly, Rick (August 21, 2012). "Riding it out". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 25, 2013. Davis Phinney went on to win
Davis_Phinney
U.S. naval officer and computer scientist (1906–1992)
keeping a clock that ran backward; she explained, "Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's
Grace_Hopper
Device used for calculations
printing unit that prints results in ink or thermally onto a roll of paper. Processor chip (microprocessor or central processing unit). Clock rate of a processor
Calculator
1980s toy robot manufactured by Tomy
control that could operate the robot through voice commands. Up to eight commands could be programmed. The Verbot could move forward and backward, left
Omnibot
2023 single by the Beatles
the time capsule quality of the video, which travels backward through the group’s career all the way through to childhood photos and footage of the four
Now_and_Then_(Beatles_song)
American neuroscientist (1916–2007)
waves, the output was a single dot that could be made to travel in a circular motion, similar to the movements of a second hand around a clock face. This
Benjamin_Libet
1969 studio album by the Beatles
on the piano. He recalled he was "lying on the sofa in our house, listening to Yoko play ... Suddenly, I said, 'Can you play those chords backward?' She
Abbey_Road
Computer system for running video games
that followed. Backward compatibility functionality has included direct support for previous console games on the newer consoles such as within the Xbox
Video_game_console
2021. "AAA Clock (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved October 31, 2021. "AAAクロック". Nintendo Japan. Retrieved October 31, 2021. "AAA Clock Gold for
List of Nintendo Switch games (A–Am)
List_of_Nintendo_Switch_games_(A–Am)
2013 basketball championship series
UTC−5). San Antonio won the opener as Tony Parker scored on a bank shot with 5.2 seconds in regulation with the shot clock about to expire. San Antonio
2013_NBA_Finals
American football player (born 1985)
looking to spike the ball, Hanie did not spike the ball immediately; instead he stepped backward, as if attempting a pass, and then spiked the ball. Consequently
Caleb_Hanie
Romanian gymnast (born 1961)
looking for gymnasts that he could train from a young age. When recess ended, the girls quickly went inside and Károlyi went around the classrooms trying
Nadia_Comăneci
Chinese global navigation satellite system
supersedes it outright. The new system is a constellation of 35 satellites, which include 5 geostationary orbit satellites for backward compatibility with
BeiDou
1799 poem by William Wordsworth
parents to the middle of the lock of a canal, and no other vestige of her, backward or forward, could be traced. The body however was found in the canal."
Lucy_Gray
Line dividing one calendar day from the next
According to the clock, the first areas to experience a new day and a New Year are islands that use UTC+14:00. These include portions of the Republic of
International_Date_Line
8-bit microprocessor
determining the fastest possible access time, this meant that such designs were locked to a significantly longer clock cycle (i.e. lower internal clock speed)
Zilog_Z80
London gentlemen's club
backward-running clock (a replica of the original which was once at the Eccentric Club). This is in keeping with numerous other London clubs of the nineteenth
Eccentric_Club
1999 video games
in-game gadget known as the PokéGear, a real-time internal clock, and backward compatibility with the previous games in the series. During an ABC News
Pokémon_Gold_and_Silver
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1990–1999)
of the slouchy, casual styles of past decades, mostly seen in baggy and distressed jeans, cargo shorts and pants, baseball caps (often worn backward),
1990s
Season of the US television series
the other person; that person would swing backward to dump the water into a glass vase full of berries. The first duo to fill the vase and spill a berry
Big Brother 16 (American season)
Big_Brother_16_(American_season)
Group of fictional characters
warned him that his arrival in this world was causing the craziness in the real world. Throughout the storyline, little people with backward letters for
Doom_Patrol
2022 film by David Leitch
"Review: 'Bullet Train' proves Hollywood can still move backward". Inverse. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022. Piña
Bullet_Train_(film)
Line of smartwatches
widgets available from the clock. watchOS 11 was announced on June 10, 2024, and released on September 16, 2024. It dropped support for the Apple Watch Series
Apple_Watch
collapsing as if turned inside out; time runs backward, space bubbles, warps, and tears apart, revealing the maddening spectacle of a distant, alien realm
List of Cthulhu Mythos deities
List_of_Cthulhu_Mythos_deities
Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer
of the pieces of rock had a gear wheel embedded in it. He initially believed that it was an astronomical clock, but most scholars considered the device
Antikythera_mechanism
1853–54 US expedition to Tokugawa Japan
and the desire to impose the benefits of Western civilization and the Christian religion on what they perceived as backward Asian nations. By the early
Perry_Expedition
1993 pinball machine
– Timed mode. The clock starts at 6:00 and begins running slowly backward, playing "Pop Goes the Weasel" throughout. Hitting the clock target awards 1
Twilight_Zone_(pinball)
Home video game console by Nintendo
supported wireless connectivity with the handheld Nintendo DS console for select games. Early models were backward-compatible with GameCube games and accessories
Wii
British-American journalist (born 1979)
2022). "Mehdi Hasan on making it in America and why media can't 'reset the clock' on Trump". Press Gazette. Retrieved 28 August 2025. E. Alex Chung (23
Mehdi_Hasan
American college football game
surged backward through the Penn State line, and Guman was hit in the hole by Barry Krauss and Murray Legg, where he was stopped dead in his tracks. The Alabama
1979_Sugar_Bowl
American football season
foul that causes the clock to stop. Any excess time-out taken for injuries by either team. Teams can take a time-out (if available) to prevent the runoff
1980_NFL_season
Handheld game console
2011, it succeeds the Nintendo DS and DSi. Building on the basic design of the DS, the 3DS retains the clamshell form factor and backward compatibility with
Nintendo_3DS
Eschatological beliefs about the year
Over the course of 25,800 years, a period often called a Great Year, the Sun's path completes a full, 360-degree backward rotation through the zodiac
2012_phenomenon
This is an episode guide for the British television series Mr. Bean, starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character, which ran between 1 January 1990 and
List_of_Mr._Bean_episodes
Home video game console by Sony
and a higher CPU clock rate to support enhanced performance and 4K resolution in supported games. By October 2019, PS4 had become the second best-selling
PlayStation_4
Hybrid video game console
it is the second-best-selling console, behind the PlayStation 2, and the best-selling Nintendo console. The Nintendo Switch 2, which is backward compatible
Nintendo_Switch
Grand Touring race car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche
At the Petit Le Mans race in Road Atlanta, the 911 GT1-98 of Yannick Dalmas made a spectacular backward flip and landed rear first before hitting the side
Porsche_911_GT1
2022 studio album by Taylor Swift
Midnights are backward-looking contemplations on Swift's life, using confessional lyrical details that allude to her personal life and public image. The songs
Midnights
Organized Italian crime syndicate
of the Sicilian mafia. Di Vita, Fabio Paolo; Di Vita, Giuseppe; Ferrante, Livio (2026). "Is the Mafia responsible for technological backwardness in Sicily
Sicilian_Mafia
backward foul by a player of that name who eventually won a game for the hitting team when the ball, the last one available, could not be found. The umpire
Glossary_of_baseball_terms
English singer-songwriter (born 1977)
entire catalogue I know by heart. The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, "A Sort of Homecoming", I know backward and forward—it's so rousing, brilliant
Chris_Martin
escape for the king, must constantly watch and defend against that threat, for example by keeping a rook on the back rank. backward pawn A pawn that is behind
Glossary_of_chess
NFL team in Los Angeles, California
December 16. The margin of victory was provided by a safety: Redskins great Sammy Baugh's pass bounced off the goal post, then backward, through his team's
Los_Angeles_Rams
Home video game console by Sony
different internal hardware for the clock. Sony confirmed that there was an error and stated that it was narrowing down the issue and were continuing to
PlayStation_3
American rock band from Los Angeles
the time was working with San Francisco-based rock band Flamin' Groovies. Rae had also worked with The Palace Guard, Strawberry Alarm Clock and the psych
Hollywood_Stars_(band)
2004 book on evolution by Richard Dawkins & Yan Wong
they act as molecular clocks that show us when species split. The authors use concestor, coined by Nicky Warren, to describe the most recent common ancestor
The_Ancestor's_Tale
Computer bugs related to the year 2000
and that all 35 were already slated for replacement. In the United States: the US Naval Observatory, which runs the master clock that keeps the country's
Year_2000_problem
1982 video game
criticizing the backward algebraic notation, he concluded that "the program is nevertheless a fantastic technical achievement". A breakdown of all the optimizations
1K_ZX_Chess
1984 studio album by Black Flag
stereotype ... A lot of what you call the punk scene is really backward, and it always has been." Following the release of Damaged, Black Flag absorbed
My_War
Political party in Germany (1918–1933)
protesting against Hugenberg's idea that the Soviet Union was a backward country ripe for German colonization, while the British and French governments protested
German National People's Party
German_National_People's_Party
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
book Inanimate Reason that "[o]ne old lady, in particular, who had not forgotten the tales she had been told in her youth ... went and hid herself in a
Mechanical_Turk
Chess match between Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju
move before the time control and with seven seconds left on the clock, Ding played 40...Ke5?, again giving Gukesh a winning position that was however
World_Chess_Championship_2024
Japanese mid-size car
curved at the top to allow more space for the tilting backward of the H22A engine near the middle of the firewall. The H22A 4-cylinder engine was the most
Honda_Accord
Shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean
underwater vehicles – torpedo-shaped robots – repeatedly ran backward and forward across the 3-by-5-nautical-mile (6 km × 9 km) debris field, taking sonar
Wreck_of_the_Titanic
Gaming generation from 1998 to 2013
to upgrade to the new, backward compatible console. In addition, Sega's short-lived support/success of its post-Mega Drive products the Mega-CD, 32X and
Sixth generation of video game consoles
Sixth_generation_of_video_game_consoles
Screening assessment for detecting cognitive impairment
approximately five minutes. Visuospatial abilities are assessed using a clock drawing task (3 points) and a three-dimensional cube copy (1 point). Multiple
Montreal_Cognitive_Assessment
Home video game console by Sony
PlayStation 2, which is backward compatible with the PlayStation's DualShock controller and games, was announced in 1999 and launched in 2000. The PlayStation's
PlayStation_(console)
American minister and civil rights activist (1929–1968)
). Norton. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-393-04339-6. Hoover developed around-the-clock surveillance campaign aimed at destroying King. Church, Frank (April 23
Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Indian mathematician-astronomer (476–550)
chapter: In the same way that someone in a boat going forward sees an unmoving [object] going backward, so [someone] on the equator sees the unmoving stars
Aryabhata
Children's horror fiction novellas
Basement, Piano Lessons Can Be Murder, Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Cuckoo Clock of Doom, and The Haunted School. Portals: Children's literature Speculative fiction/Horror
Goosebumps_(original_series)
BoJack's maternal grandfather, the owner of the Sugarman Sugar corporation. Emotionally distant, he frequently spouted his backward views about women, making
List of BoJack Horseman characters
List_of_BoJack_Horseman_characters
2013 video game
apocalyptic clock". VanOrd commented that while many quests were "absorbing on their own", he admired their ability to get the player out into the world. Destructoid's
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Lightning_Returns:_Final_Fantasy_XIII
Liberal conservative political party in Georgia
aimed to align Georgia with the Western world considering it being "modern" and "civilized" as opposed to the Soviet "backwardness". Saakashvili has positioned
United_National_Movement
Film of the John F. Kennedy assassination
on the side from which the president's fatal head wound is visible. Given the camera's 18.3 frames-per-second speed, the film served as a "clock" to
Zapruder_film
villain form is the clock-themed Backwarder who can make people perform their actions in reverse. Wayhem (voiced by Chris Hackney in the English dub and
List of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir characters
List_of_Miraculous:_Tales_of_Ladybug_&_Cat_Noir_characters
2005 video game
unimpressed with the graphics and the loading times, which he clocked at up to one minute. Although he wrote that "the PS3 doesn't hold a candle to the visuals
F.E.A.R._(video_game)
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