Thursday, April 02, 2020
Nice resonance
From Curiosities of clocks and watches:
The Bourse or Exchange which Sir Thomas Gresham built had in its lofty tower one of such inferior make, that its inaccuracy often caused the citizens of London grievously to complain. At the Cornhill ward inquest in 1598, and again in 1624, were "the dyall and clock of the Exchange pr'sented" and in 1624 "the Exchange clocke was presented for not being kept well, it standing in one of the most eminent places in the cittie, and being the worst kept of any clocke in that cittie." This clock had four dials, chimes, and four wind dials. The chimes played at three, six, nine, and twelve o'clock. On Sunday, the One hundred and fourth Psalm; Monday, God save the King; Tuesday, Waterloo March; Wednesday, There's nae luck about the house; Thursday, See the conquering hero comes; Friday, Life let us cherish; and Saturday, The Foot Guards' March.Four dials and four wind dials: Tick tock tick tock round and round go the dials.... Do physical gears ever move around, trade places, couple and decouple? Of course, all the time. See planetary transmissions. = = = = = Irrelevant language footnote: Presented in the context of an inquest seemed odd, but then I realized that we retain the noun form in presentment.
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