Public Clocks
Dent constructed a turret clock for the Great International Exhibition of 1851. The clock won a Council Medal, and was moved from Crystal Palace and erected at King’s Cross Station but was replaced with an electronic bell and clock system in the mid 20th century.
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Famous quotes containing the words public and/or clocks:
“Once, when lying in bed with no paper at hand, he began to sketch the idea for a new machine on the back of his wife’s nightgown. He asked her if she knew the figure he was drawing. “Yes,” she answered, “the figure of a fool.””
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