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1. Fees

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   Administrative and Maintenance Fees
   These fees are charged to cover the ongoing overhead associated with maintaining an account (/account/), status, or service line, irrespective of active usage. In banking (/banking/), these often include monthly service charges or dormant account penalties (/dormant-account-penalties/). Historically, certain jurisdictions have mandated "Inertia Maintenance Charges" (/inertia-maintenance-charges/) for accounts (/…

2. Water_clocks

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   The Greek world, particularly Alexandria, saw significant intellectual refinement of the water clock. The focus shifted from simple volumetric measurement to creating a device that displayed time continuously and perhaps even mechanically.
   The most notable development was the introduction of the geared clepsydra, attributed in some disputed texts to the engineer Ctesibius of Alexandria in the 3rd century BCE. These devices incorporated [escapement mecha…