I like your rather poetic point of view :o) Jean-Louis Le 23/11/2019 à 14:27, Matt Osborn a écrit : > Pretty nice, I've always wondered why clocks weren't designed this > way. Hours last too long and estimating minutes from the hour hand is > minimally useful while seconds are too fast and mostly irrelevant for > human use. > > Reading the time as so many minutes past whichever hour is very > natural and informative. > > On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 09:29:09 +0100, Jean-Louis Rault <f6agr@orange.fr> > wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> A friend of mine offered me a secondary electric clock that was in use >> at Observatoire Royal de Belgique, in Brussels, at the end of the 19th >> century. >> >> The manufacturer is Peyer Favarger & Co, Neuchatel, Switzerland. >> >> I'm wondering why the largest hand is used for minutes, and the smaller >> hands for hours and seconds >> >> Any idea ? >> >> Jean-Louis > -- kc0ukk at msosborn dot com > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. >