Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 404
four hours. In the wide space between clock was repaired, some years ago, a very com-plicated system of wheels had to be devised toreproduce accurately the great difference in themovement of the planets. The work consumedtwo years. There are a great number of movingfigures on the Liibeck clock, but… … THE CLOCK IN THE ST. MARK S SQUARE, VENICE. the axis which carries the hand and the bandwhere the hours are marked, the fixed stars andthe course of the planets are represented. Theheavens are here shown as they appear to an ob-server in Liibeck. In the old works the move-ment of the planets was…
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