giovedì 23 agosto 2012

The Astronomical Clock Clusone

The Astronomical Clock Clusone
A Clusone, Italy, is one of the most extraordinary astronomical clock.
The clock is located in the medieval tower located in the southwest of the Town Hall.
With a single hand indicates (as even the 3 concentr
ic rotating discs): the hours, days, months, signs of the zodiac, the position of the sun and moon and the duration of sunshine and darkness.
The only hard drive is the outermost of the Hours (m in diameter. 3.50).
Still intact, is one of the few watches of its time that still works with the original parts. Turn counterclockwise.
It 'was created in 1583 by an eclectic clusonese, Peter Fanzago, watchmaker, a hydraulic engineer, mathematician, founder of metals, etc.

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