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Clocks, Watches & Sundials

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Calendars, Almanacks, Wakes and Fairs (Illustrated London Almanack, 1849)
Interesting history of various types of calendar and time-recording devices.

Quaint Clocks (Godey's, 1873)

Clocks, Past and Present (Demorest, 1879)

Our Clocks (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1887)
On the "various means employed" throughout history to keep a record of the divisions of night and day and the passage of time.

Sun-dials, by S.F.A. Caulfeild (Girl's Own Paper, 1892)

Sun-Dials, by Warrington Hogg (The Strand, 1892A)

Sundials, by Warrington Hogg (The Strand, 1893B)

Watches in Many Odd Forms, as Used in Other Days, by H. Wood Smith Chums, 1895)

The Hourglass, by S.F.A. Caulfeild (Girl's Own Paper, 1896)

A Wonderful Clock (Strand, 1901B)
Created by William Jankowsky, a Brooklyn carriage-builder, "Not only does this clock keep correct time, but it has several sets of chimes, electric lights, a phonograph, a music-box, a procession of ecclesiastical figures, a couple of miniature breech-loading cannon, a gas warming device, an electric fan, and an alarm."

An Old Castle and Its Sundials (Girl's Own Paper, 1902)
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