Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Have you ever noticed most clocks with Roman numerals have four written as IIII instead of IV? The minute hand was first added to clocks around 1680 (clocks weren't very accurate until pendulum clocks were invented in 1656) and the second hand only becoming common in the 1700s and then usually only on pocket watches and scientific instruments The clockmaker Isaac Hadwen spells his town of residence as 'Kendall' here. c1730 #longcaseclock #eastriddlesdenhall #nationaltrust #clockface #isaachadwen #romannumerals #oldclock A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 31, 2019 at 7:49am PDT
Have you ever noticed most clocks with Roman numerals have four written as IIII instead of IV? The minute hand was first added to clocks around 1680 (clocks weren't very accurate until pendulum clocks were invented in 1656) and the second hand only becoming common in the 1700s and then usually only on pocket watches and scientific instruments The clockmaker Isaac Hadwen spells his town of residence as 'Kendall' here. c1730 #longcaseclock #eastriddlesdenhall #nationaltrust #clockface #isaachadwen #romannumerals #oldclock
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 31, 2019 at 7:49am PDT
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