11 Sep
2001
11 Sep
'01
3:23 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Geoff Roberts wrote:
----- 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
There are a number of rather remarkable ancient (by anyones definition)
clocks in the world with such capabilities as telling phases of the
moon, star positions, etc. that I, unfortunately, do not remember.
Actually, I cited the Venetian clock because it made such an impression
on me when I saw it thirty years ago that it was the first (and only
definitive example) that came to mind.
- don
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