First Astronomical Clock Built In England 1961

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Science Museum, London.

Documentation from the Science Museum on file, regarding astronomical clock.

GV. clock. CU. sign 'perpetual calendar for Easter'. MS. Arthur Allan Lloyd and Geoffrey Buggins winding clock, CU. main movement, MS. clock. MS. movement, MS. dial of saturn speeded...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
85497
Sort Number:
UN 3505 J
Time in/Out:
01:19:38:00 / 01:21:40:00
Canister:
UN 3505 J
Film ID:
2980.17
Issue Date:
1961

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