10 Sep
2001
10 Sep
'01
5:12 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Administrivia - Billion Second Day
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.
Remember seeing something on Discovery about a recently restored clock
dating from the 13th or 14th century, it has no face, (by design - not
because it lost it) just sounds a bell at the appropriate hours/half
hours IIRC.
Somewhere in England. Can't recall where now..
Cheers
Geoff in Oz
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