The dials are beautifully designed, spaces between the hour figures being glazed white glass andthe centres in lashed amber glass. dials and most of the iron were made by Messrs, W. 11.
Ca,, at their Whitchurch foundry. The frame is divided into three parts, in each of which the three separate "trains" have been the hour train, the train operating the quarter hour Westminster chimes and the general driving train. The escapement is after the Lord Grimthorpe pattern; the double three-legged gravity. and the wearing parts are jewelled like a watch. The pendulum is 15 ft. long. Its makers have guaranteed that. the clock will keep perfect time within 16 seconds per month, and it is one of the largest clocks ever turned out of the factory where it originate working order both inside and outside the building during December, that the opening of the Customs House will find them ticking away with infinite precision,
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