. Time and its measurement . - lead pencil and passover pulleA-s having spikes set aroundthem to prevent the cords from slip-ping. The Aveights descend 7 ft. in 12hours, so they must be pulled up—notwound up—twice a day. The singlehour hand is a \\-ork of art and is cutthrough like lace. Public clocks ma-v still 1)e seen in Europe with only onehand. Many have been puzzled byfinding- that old, rudely made clocksoften ha\-e fine dials, but this is not re-markable when we state that art andengraving had reached a high leve] be-fore the da\-s of clocks. It is worthv of. note that clocks in the ear
. Time and its measurement . - lead pencil and passover pulleA-s having spikes set aroundthem to prevent the cords from slip-ping. The Aveights descend 7 ft. in 12hours, so they must be pulled up—notwound up—twice a day. The singlehour hand is a \\-ork of art and is cutthrough like lace. Public clocks ma-v still 1)e seen in Europe with only onehand. Many have been puzzled byfinding- that old, rudely made clocksoften ha\-e fine dials, but this is not re-markable when we state that art andengraving had reached a high leve] be-fore the da\-s of clocks. It is worthv of. note that clocks in the earl_\- days weregenerally built in the form of a church 44 TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT tower with the l)ell under the dome out ir>On, had
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