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Old 06-11-2013, 12:50 PM
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Just a couple more questions please Mike.

The illustration in fig. 2 on the page is a contemporary build by the fellow, John Rowley.

Looks very intricate, are the planetary rings brass or something? They look too delicate to be wood.

And the engravings look like Ivory or Baleen inlay.

I wonder why they used a polygonal instead of a purely circular mount and enclosure for the workings.

Might have been more aesthetically appealing or for more practical reasons like fabrication difficulties of the times.

Thereby the reason for a wooden clockwork drive I guess.
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