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 <;-iven it up at this point, so the seconds and Figs. 32, 33 show a ^nnd example, and fifths seconds came easily. It is hio-hly probable that the maker… … this clock had access to some oldchurch clock—a wonderful machine inthose days—and that he la])oriouslycopied it. It strikes the hours, only, bythe old count wheel or lockingplate method. Between this and ourmodern clocks appeared a type show-ing; quarter hours on a small dial underthe hour dial.…
Time · Clocks and watches
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