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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 29 2012 @ 07:14 PM EST |
OK, here...a French Revolution one, so plenty of prior art!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-hour_clock
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| Authored by: stegu on Thursday, November 29 2012 @ 07:35 PM EST |
Some tower clocks of yesteryear had the hands at
the front and back sides of the tower driven by the
same axle to save on complexity, and there were
quite a few 24-hour tower clocks built before
consensus was reached to make 12 hours the norm.
The minute hand was a contributing factor to that
design choice. With a 12-hour face you can combine
the hour marks with 60 minute tick marks and make
them match up, whereas with a 24 hour clock you cannot.
(Note that this is nothing more than a recollection
of a conversation I once had at a party, with no
links to back it up, but considering how far off
topic we have drifted I don't think I need to provide
any more than hearsay.)
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 30 2012 @ 03:53 PM EST |
| Some clocks do not even have hands or a
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