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   Douglas Dana Edward^2 Parker-Goncz to Eric Flesch   
   Re: 24-hour analog clock -- alternative    
   19 Aug 19 00:05:58   
   
   From: DGoncz@replikon.net   
      
   On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 6:41:16 AM UTC-4, Eric Flesch wrote:   
      
   > This movement results in that at the stroke of each hour, all 3 hands   
   > point to that hour -- the second and minute hands crossing over the   
   > hour hand on the hour mark.  This clock has one tick-mark between each   
   > hour mark (thus 48 in all), and uses standard-duration hours &   
   > seconds, but it has 50 minutes per hour and 72 seconds per minute.   
   > The stroke of each minute happens when the second-hand crosses over   
   > the minute hand, always on a clock-face tick-mark.   
      
   Is such a clock easy to read?   
   How does one read such a clock?   
   Would such a clock be amenable to sidereal time?   
      
   Doug   
      
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