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Time telling through the ages (1919)

Brearley, Harry Chase, 1870-, Ingersoll, Robt. H., & Bro · New York, Pub. by Doubleday, Page & Co. for Robert H. Ingersol & Bros. · leaf 359

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CLOCK-BANJO … CLOCK, BIRD-CAGE with circular lines one inch apart. Thecandle would burn one inch every twentyminutes or three inches an hour. Inven-tion credited to King Alfred the Great. Clock, Grandfathers orLong-Case—A tall clock with ananchor escapement popular thru-out the later 18th and early19th centuries…

Time measurements · Clocks and watches

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