On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Chris wrote:
> >So... what are the most outstanding examples of classic
systems whose
> >timekeeping mechanisms have withstood the
passage of
time (including any
that would have if they were still running today)?
Big Ben in London? :-p
Relative youngster! What comes to mind immediately - and
I know that
there are older ones - is the chiming clock in the
Piazza
San Marco of
Venice that has been telling time since prior to
1492.
- don
Stonehenge?