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Time and its measurement (1909)

Arthur, James, 1842-1930 · Chicago · leaf 49

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- me fora public clock and can be read twice asfar away as the usual dial. Just whywe should make the worst dials andliands for public clocks in the UnitedStates is more than I can find out, forthere is no possible excuse, since thespade and pointer hands have beenknown for generations. Figure 45… … Fig. 40—•■Chin reaching oidy to the inner edges of thefigures. For public clocks the /Vrabic TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT 47 numerals are the worst, for at a dis-tance they look like twelve thumbmarks on tlie dial; while the flat-facedRoman remain distinct as twelve clearmarks. Do yon kno\\- that you…

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