Observatory clock

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Observatory clock
Manufacturer	A. V. Parlby Esq.
Production years	1937
Production location	(unknown)

The clock is regulated to show Greenwich mean time. The clock was made by A. V. Parlby Esq. about 1937.

[edit] How it works

It has ball or roller bearings practically throughout and is controlled by a form of Grimpthorpe’s four legged gravity escapement which can be seen to the right of the dial.

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[edit] In the Science Museum's Records

Inv. No: 1962-47