I think the answer is <span>The branches were equal in power so that no one branch could control the others.</span>
100% sure its the 1896 election of McKinley :)
The reason Cronus ate his children was because he was afraid that one day his children would grow strong and try to overthrow him. Hope this helps.
The man who invented the clock is Christiaan Huygens. Galileo used a pendulum clock, but Huygens is the one credited for inventing the real clock.