Hi Steve,
Here is a link which has some interesting history information about Equation
Clocks.
Roderick Wall.
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=d1oUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA462&lpg=PA462&dq=all+clocks+manufactured+in+France+were+to+be+Equation+Clocks&source=bl&ots=ih4yWalJ9E&sig=6u-sTxpfyTqZNPxRjfbAn7Q_ECk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW9oruqrbTAhVEGJQKHU-NDrsQ6AEIIzAD#v=onepage&q=all%20clocks%20manufactured%20in%20France%20were%20to%20be%20Equation%20Clocks&f=false
----- Reply message -----
From: "Steve Lelievre" <steve.lelievre.can...@gmail.com>
To: "sundial@uni-koeln.de" <sundial@uni-koeln.de>
Subject: Inquiry
Date: Sat, Apr 22, 2017 5:44 AM
Hi,
I've got a two part inquiry from a third party:
1. Is it true that Louis XIV issued some kind of edict that all clocks
manufactured in France were to be Equation Clocks (that is, clocks that
showed solar time through a mechanical Equation of Time 'reversal'
adjustment). References sought.
2. Can anyone confirm that throughout the 19th centuary (and perhaps
into the early 20th centuary?), the French railways system used
heliochronometers installed at each station for daily calibration of
station clocks? Again, references sought.
Thanks,
Steve
---------------------------------------------------
https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
---------------------------------------------------
https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
