Rob Seaman said:
>       'The clock is entirely accurate only once every five minutes.  The rest 
> of the time, the pendulum may seem to catch or stop, and the lights may lag 
> or, then, race to get ahead. According to Taylor, this erratic motion 
> reflects life's "irregularity".'
> 
> I presume "4 times an hour" was referring to the five minute cadence,

Yes: my memory was that it was every 15 minutes, not every 5.

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