Astronomical clock in Beauvais
The Cathedral at Beauvais has many things to enjoy in its interior however the Astronomical clock created by Auguste Vérité is a thing of wonder. Both in terms of its extraordinary engineering and also its aesthetic beauty
The Clock is 12 metres high, and 6 metres wide and was built between 1865 and 1868. it contains 90,000 components, including 68 clockwork automatons, and its numerous faces indicate time, tides and the movement of stars.
The 52 dials display the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times. The clock also displays the golden number used in calculating the date of Easter.
The hours and minutes are shown in the large central face which depicts Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles.
An 1886 edition of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine remarks that: "In the eyes of the neighbourhood the chief wonder of Beauvais is not the cathedral, but the astronomical clock...The mechanical part is admirable. It tells everything which any one can wish to know."
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Astronomical clock in Beauvais
The Cathedral at Beauvais has many things to enjoy in its interior however the Astronomical clock created by Auguste Vérité is a thing of wonder. Both in terms of its extraordinary engineering and also its aesthetic beauty
The Clock is 12 metres high, and 6 metres wide and was built between 1865 and 1868. it contains 90,000 components, including 68 clockwork automatons, and its numerous faces indicate time, tides and the movement of stars.
The 52 dials display the times of the rising and setting sun and moon, the position of the planets, the current time in 18 cities around the world, and the tidal times. The clock also displays the golden number used in calculating the date of Easter.
The hours and minutes are shown in the large central face which depicts Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles.
An 1886 edition of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine remarks that: "In the eyes of the neighbourhood the chief wonder of Beauvais is not the cathedral, but the astronomical clock...The mechanical part is admirable. It tells everything which any one can wish to know."
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .