tonished at the high-lass mechanics displayed in them—early always by unknown inventors,lere is an example: The old clock-laker found that when he wished torill a hole in a piece of thick wire sos to make a short tube of it, he couldnly get the hole central and straighty rotating the piece and… … Fig. 45—Domestic Dial by James Arthur The fourth and last chapter will dealwith the astronomical motions onwhich our time-keeping is founded, ourpresent hour zones of time, and closewith suggestions for a universal timesvstem over the whole world.
Time · Clocks and watches
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