LONG-CASE REGULATOR CLOCK.
Movement by Robert Molyneux & Sons, London. 1825. Three dials, one showing hours and one seconds, the great dial showing Greenwich time and Bristol time.
ENLARGEMENT OF DIAL.
The two hands on large or minute dial show difference of 10 minutes 22 seconds between Greenwich and Bristol time.
(By permission of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.)
[CHAPTER VI]
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LONG-CASE CLOCK
Its inception—Its Dutch origin—The changing forms of the hood, the waist, and the base—The dial and its character—The ornamentation of the spandrel—The evolution of the hands.