Thursday, 19 November 2020

Clock Parts


Clock Parts
saved parts of a broken Victorian clock
belonging to Hazel Tulloch

from Rusness, Sanday

the movement or caliber at the heart of a wind up clock

on the back of the face, the signature in pencil of Wm McKay 15. 7 1922 which is probably when the clock was last mended

the current sexagesimal system of measuring time based on the number 60 originated in the 3rd millennium B.C. with the ancient Sumerians.