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Page 26
The dial measures 22 feet in diameter , and the minute hand is 14 feet the gun is
fired ; and at the same moment , long . ... Two men require ten gun is , of course ,
some moments in cross minutes to wind up the clock ' s works , and this has to ...
The dial measures 22 feet in diameter , and the minute hand is 14 feet the gun is
fired ; and at the same moment , long . ... Two men require ten gun is , of course ,
some moments in cross minutes to wind up the clock ' s works , and this has to ...
Page 28
In 1880 there was a stop - ing is done . page of three weeks for cleaning , and the
other occasion was when a heavy fall of Standard Time in America snow clogged
and stopped the minute Chicago and all points in the United States east of the ...
In 1880 there was a stop - ing is done . page of three weeks for cleaning , and the
other occasion was when a heavy fall of Standard Time in America snow clogged
and stopped the minute Chicago and all points in the United States east of the ...
Page 29
nal begins at exactly five minutes before the hour . Then the sounders in the
telegraph offices connected with Washington begin to tick off the seconds , with
breaks of five seconds at the end of each minute , and a break of ten seconds
before ...
nal begins at exactly five minutes before the hour . Then the sounders in the
telegraph offices connected with Washington begin to tick off the seconds , with
breaks of five seconds at the end of each minute , and a break of ten seconds
before ...
Page 30
A Sidewalk Timepiece After dark the group is lighted by elec - Perhaps the most
novel device in timetricity a few minutes before the striking recording instruments
, is the sidewalk of the hours , and until the last stroke has clock displayed in front
...
A Sidewalk Timepiece After dark the group is lighted by elec - Perhaps the most
novel device in timetricity a few minutes before the striking recording instruments
, is the sidewalk of the hours , and until the last stroke has clock displayed in front
...
Page 37
... I suppose you are wondering how it was that the planet was not drawn to the
earth by the great attraction of the latter body . It took the scientists less than five
minutes to determine the reason accurately . It was because of the com - position
...
... I suppose you are wondering how it was that the planet was not drawn to the
earth by the great attraction of the latter body . It took the scientists less than five
minutes to determine the reason accurately . It was because of the com - position
...
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