Old Clocks & Their Makers: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks of the Past in England and Abroad |
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
Solar TimeCycle of the SunSidereal TimeDuration of a Year | 16 |
CHAPTER III | 63 |
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