I intend to be down in my seat before theminutehandof that clock has passed through a right angle.
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A longer "minutehand" makes one revolution every hour.
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This clock mimicked the movement of an analogue clock, as theminutehandmoved every second.
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Theminutehandis mounted on a slipping friction sleeve which allows it to be turned on its arbor.
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Eachminutehandis 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weighs 530 pounds (240 kg).
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It is written in very elegant andminutehand.
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As she gazes out at the city beyond, she soon finds that the sharpminutehandhas begun to dig into her neck.
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The moving parts were painted bright orange, and aminutehandwith a 180 degree dial was added.
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For easy legibility most diving watches have high contrasting, non-cluttered dials and markers with a large, easily identifiableminutehand.
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Eachminutehandis 6.1 m long and weighs 240 kg.
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The text is written one column per page, 2631 lines per page, in a veryminutehand.
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Set the rotary bezel index opposite the position of theminutehand, note the mileage.
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The very small and light swing wheel, the balancedminutehand, and the small shortened arbors with extra fine pivots, all conduce to the end in view.
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Pendulum clocks are usually designed to be set by opening the glass face cover and manually pushing theminutehandaround the dial to the correct time.
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It contains the illuminated head-pieces, the at the top of the pages, with a commentary on three sides of the text in a veryminutehand.
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