American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 156
The arrangement of a movement to suit a dialof this description is not so favorable to accuratetime-keeping as is desirable, and -the threehands, moving from one centre, have a confus-ed appearance, while the object aimed at in ar-ranging the hands ought to be distinctness ofperception, so that the… … point to may be read accurately without diffi-culty. Figure 3 represents the method of ar-ranging the hands mostly used on astronomicalclocks and fine regulators. The seconds hand,which in this class of clock is the most impor-tant,, moves on a circle of its own, which is ar- ranged to be as as…
Clocks and watches
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